дрова

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъrva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [drɐˈva]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

дрова́ • (drován inan pl (genitive дров, plural only, relational adjective дровяно́й, diminutive дрови́шки)

  1. firewood
    Synonym: поле́нья n pl (polénʹja)
  2. (derogatory) wood (low-quality wooden object)
  3. (computing slang) drivers

Declension

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Derived terms

Compound words:

Compounds:

  • по дрова́ (po drová)
    • кто в лес, кто по дрова́ (kto v les, kto po drová)
Phrases
  • налома́ть дров pf (nalomátʹ drov)
  • не дрова́ везёшь (ne drová vezjóšʹ)

Descendants

  • Russenorsk: trovva (attested only in 1967)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрова”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “дрова”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 269

Further reading

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъrva.

Pronunciation

  • дро́ва: IPA(key): [ˈdrɔʋɐ]
  • Audio (nonstandard); дрова́ (drová):(file)

Noun

дро́ва • (dróvan inan pl (genitive дров, plural only)

  1. firewood

Declension

Declension of дро́ва
(inan pl-only hard neut-form accent-a)
plural
nominative дро́ва
dróva
genitive дров
drov
dative дро́вам
dróvam
accusative дро́ва
dróva
instrumental дро́вами
dróvamy
locative дро́вах
dróvax
vocative дро́ва
dróva

Derived terms

  • дровеня́та n pl (drovenjáta)
  • дрови́на f (drovýna)

References

Further reading