драга

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dorga (“road”), related to Bulgarian дъ́рзам (dǎ́rzam, “to stretch, to comb”) (dialectal).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdraɡɐ]

дра́га • (drága) f

1. (dialectal) narrow passage, duct

   Synonyms: теснина́ (tesniná), про́ход (próhod)

2. (dialectal, obsolete) gully, channel, trench (small precipice formed from erosion, smaller than жрело́ (žreló), про́лом (prólom), овра́г (ovrág))

   Synonym: дере́ (deré)

• Драже́шница (Dražéšnica) (toponym)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “драга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 418

Borrowed from English drag, via Russian дра́га (drága).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdraɡɐ]

дра́га • (drága) f (relational adjective дра́жен)

1. (technical) drag, dredge (machine)

• “драга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

• IPA^(key): [ˈdraɦa]
• Rhymes: -aɦa
• Hyphenation: дра‧га

Inherited from Old Slovak dráha, from Proto-Slavic *dorga. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn дорога (doroha) and Slovak dráha.

драга (draha) f (diminutive дражка, related adjective драгов)

1. path, road, track, way

   у драже ― u draže ― on the way

   гайзибанска драга ― hajzibanska draha ― railway track

   питац ше за драгу ― pitac še za drahu ― to ask the way

2. (figuratively) path, track, way

   на правей драги ― na pravej drahi ― on the right track

   животна драга ― životna draha ― life path

   зисц з драги ― zisc z drahi ― to lose one's way

   шицки драги водза до Риму ― šicki drahi vodza do Rimu ― all roads lead to Rome

3. street

   Coordinate terms: шор (šor), улїца (uljica)

   стої на драже ― stoji na draže ― he is standing on the street

4. road

   Synonym: калдерма (kalderma)

   Hyponym: транспортнїца (transportnjica)

   бок драги ― bok drahi ― roadside

   главна драга ― hlavna draha ― highway (literally, “main road”)

5. trip, journey

   щешлїву драгу! ― ščešljivu drahu! ― bon voyage! (literally, “happy path”)

• The instrumental forms драгов (drahov) and драгом (drahom) are most commonly used in the phrases исц свойов драгов (isc svojov drahov) and исц свойом драгом (isc svojom drahom, “to go one's own way”). Standalone, they are generally used as adverbs.
• In the sense of "street", драга (draha) seems to be used for smaller streets, while улїца (uljica) may be used for main streets or high streets.

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “драга”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “path”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 205
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “road”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 255
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “way”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 372

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

драга (draha)

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of драги (drahi)

Borrowed from English drag.

IPA^(key): [ˈdraɡə]

дра́га • (drága) f inan (genitive дра́ги, nominative plural дра́ги, genitive plural драг)

1. drag, dredge, seagoing dredge

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dorga.

• IPA^(key): /drâɡa/
• Hyphenation: дра‧га

дра̏га f (Latin spelling drȁga)

1. bay, gulf

From дра̑г.

• IPA^(key): /drâːɡaː/
• Hyphenation: дра‧га

дра̑га̄ f (Latin spelling drȃgā)

1. sweetheart, beloved, love, darling, dear (female)

• “драга”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “драга”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025