drjewo

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • dŕewo (superseded)
  • drjowo (archaic)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrʲɛwɔ/

Noun

drjewo n (diminutive drjewko)

  1. wood, lumber

Declension

Derived terms

  • drjewaŕ
  • drjewcyk
  • drjewina
  • drjewisko
  • drjewjanka
  • drjewjany
  • drjewjaŕ
  • drjewnišćo
  • drjewno
  • drjewowaty
  • drjewowy

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “dŕewo”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “drjewo 1”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dȇrvo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʀjɛwɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛwɔ
  • Hyphenation: drje‧wo
  • Syllabification: drje‧wo

Noun

drjewo n (related adjective drjewowy)

  1. wood, lumber (woody, compact and hard part, which makes up the trunk and branches of some vegetables)

Declension

References