дробь

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drobь. Compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (gadraban, “to chisel, to hew out”).

• IPA^(key): [dropʲ]

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дробь • (drobʹ) f inan (genitive дро́би, nominative plural дро́би, genitive plural дробе́й)

1. (mathematics) fraction, broken number
   • 1959, Александр Солженицын [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn], chapter 2, in Матрёнин двор; English translation from Michael Glenny, transl., Matryona’s House, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971:

     Он сиде́л в 8-м кла́ссе, одна́ко не владе́л дробя́ми и не различа́л, каки́е быва́ют треуго́льники.

     On sidél v 8-m klásse, odnáko ne vladél drobjámi i ne različál, kakíje byvájut treugólʹniki.

     Although he was in class 8, he could not do fractions and he was unable to tell one sort of triangle from another.

2. (weaponry) small-shot, pellets, shot
3. (music) drum roll
4. (symbol) slash

• → Ingrian: droobi
• → Komi-Zyrian: дрӧб (dröb), дроб (drob)