деревня
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Russian
Alternative forms
- дерёвня (derjóvnja) — dialectal or slang
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic дере́внꙗ (derévnja), from Proto-Slavic *dьrvьňa.
Cognates include Latvian druva (“cornfield, plough-land”) and Lithuanian dirvà (“field, land”), also Lithuanian dirvónas (“fallow field, set-aside land”). Baltic borrowing (with later semantic change from plough-land to homestead and then to hamlet) is likely considering the lack of cognates in other Slavic languages.
Pronunciation
Noun
дере́вня • (derévnja) f inan (genitive дере́вни, nominative plural дере́вни, genitive plural дереве́нь, relational adjective дереве́нский, diminutive дереве́нька or дереву́шка)
- village, hamlet
- (collective) the countryside, the rural population
- (colloquial, both feminine and masculine with animacy) yokel, bumpkin
- Synonym: дереве́нщина (derevénščina)
- Дере́вня! Э́то не пиджа́к, э́то смо́кинг. ― Derévnja! Éto ne pidžák, éto smóking. ― What a yokel! This isn't a coat, it’s a tuxedo.
- Сиди́т? — Кто? — Ну, мужи́к […] — О дере́вня, а? […] Кто ж его́ поса́дит?! Он же па́мятник!
- Sidít? — Kto? — Nu, mužík […] — O derévnja, a? […] Kto ž jevó posádit?! On že pámjatnik!
- Is he sitting? — Who? — That man. — Bumpkin! Who could throw him in prison? He’s a monument! (Play on the meanings of сидеть, meaning to sit and to be in prison, in the movie, Gentlemen of Fortune)
- (collective, dialectal) a tree
- (dialectal) a place which is not a wild field
- (dialectal) a rural community
- (dialectal) a bunch of fallen trees
Usage notes
- Traditionally, дере́вня (derévnja) referred to a smaller village without a church, while село́ (seló) referred to a larger village with a church.
Declension
Declension of дере́вня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-e irreg)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | дере́вня derévnja |
дере́вни derévni |
| genitive | дере́вни derévni |
дереве́нь△ derevénʹ△ |
| dative | дере́вне derévne |
деревня́м derevnjám |
| accusative | дере́вню derévnju |
дере́вни derévni |
| instrumental | дере́вней, дере́внею derévnej, derévneju |
деревня́ми derevnjámi |
| prepositional | дере́вне derévne |
деревня́х derevnjáx |
△ Irregular.
Pre-reform declension of дере́вня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-e irreg)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | дере́вня derévnja |
дере́вни derévni |
| genitive | дере́вни derévni |
дереве́нь△ derevénʹ△ |
| dative | дере́внѣ derévně |
деревня́мъ derevnjám |
| accusative | дере́вню derévnju |
дере́вни derévni |
| instrumental | дере́вней, дере́внею derévnej, derévneju |
деревня́ми derevnjámi |
| prepositional | дере́внѣ derévně |
деревня́хъ derevnjáx |
△ Irregular.
Related terms
- дереве́нщина f (derevénščina)
- однодереве́нец m (odnoderevénec)
Descendants
- → Kazakh: деревня (derevnä)
- → Komi-Yazva: диревня (ďirevńa)
- → Kyrgyz: деревня (derevnya)
- → Southern Altai: деремне (deremne)
- → Yakut: дэриэбинэ (deriebine)
References
- ^ Филин, Ф. П., editor (1972), “дере́вня”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 8, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 13
Further reading
- Филин, Ф. П., editor (1972), “дере́вня”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 8, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 13