дрян

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dernъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [drʲa̟n]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

дрян • (drjanm (relational adjective дря́нов)

  1. cornel tree (plant from genus Cornus)
  2. (specifically) European cornel (Cornus mas)

Declension

Declension of дрян
singular plural
indefinite дрян
drjan
дря́нове
drjánove
definite
(subject form)
дря́нът
drjánǎt
дря́новете
drjánovete
definite
(object form)
дря́на
drjána
count form дря́на
drjána

Alternative forms

  • дрен (dren)dialectal, Western dialects
  • дран (dran)dialectal, Central Balkan and Southern Rupian dialects

Derived terms

References

  • дрян”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • дрян”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дрян¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 440