bić na hłum

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “to beat to waste”.

Pronunciation

Verb

bić na hłum impf

  1. (transitive, Southern Borderlands, Kamianets-Podilskyi) to beat without sparing, mercilessly; to beat to death

Further reading

  • Jan Karłowicz (1901), “głum”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 90
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