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Belarusian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
друг • (druh) m pers (genitive дру́га, nominative plural друзья́, genitive plural друзе́й)
- friend
- Synonyms: ся́бар (sjábar), пры́яцель (prýjacjelʹ)
Declension
Declension of друг (pr velar masc-form accent-c irreg-plstem)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *drugъ.
Adjective
друг • (drug)
- other, another, else
- different, new
- Synonym: разли́чен (razlíčen)
- друга версия ― druga versija ― another/different version
Това е съвсем друга тема.- Tova e sǎvsem druga tema.
- That's quite a different matter.
- opposite, reverse, other
- Synonyms: противополо́жен (protivopolóžen), обра́тен (obráten)
на другата страна на листа- na drugata strana na lista
- on the reverse side of the page
на другата страна на стената- na drugata strana na stenata
- on the other side of the wall
- next, following
- Synonyms: сле́дващ (slédvašt), и́ден (íden)
- другата седмица ― drugata sedmica ― next week, the coming week
- на другия ден ― na drugija den ― on the next/following day
Declension
Declension of друг (no comparative)
Noun
друг • (drug) m (feminine дру́га)
- another
- (in the plural) others
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *drugъ.
Noun
друг • (drug) m (feminine дру́жка)
- (dated or rare) friend
- Synonyms: прия́тел (prijátel), друга́р (drugár)
Declension
References
- “друг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “друг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.
Pronunciation
Determiner
друг • (drug)
- other
Declension
Russian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.
Noun
друг • (drug) m anim (genitive дру́га, nominative plural друзья́, genitive plural друзе́й, feminine подру́га, relational adjective дру́жеский, diminutive дружо́к)
- close friend
- Synonyms: прия́тель (prijátelʹ); това́рищ (továrišč); (slang, in social networks or neologism) френд (frɛnd); (slang, especially criminal) ко́реш (kóreš)
- Antonym: враг (vrag)
- Я хочу́ име́ть друзе́й. ― Ja xočú imétʹ druzéj. ― I want to have friends.
- бли́зкий друг ― blízkij drug ― close friend
- стари́нный друг ― starínnyj drug ― very old friend
- друг до́ма ― drug dóma ― friend of the family
- друг де́тства ― drug détstva ― childhood friend
Declension
Related terms
- подру́га (podrúga, “female friend”), дружо́к (družók), дружо́чек (družóček)
- не́друг (nédrug)
- дру́жный (drúžnyj, “friendly, amicable, personable; harmonious, concurrent, unanimous”), дру́жно (drúžno)
- дру́жеский (drúžeskij), дру́жески (drúžeski), по-дру́жески (po-drúžeski)
- дру́жественный (drúžestvennyj, “amiable, friendly”), дру́жественно (drúžestvenno), дру́жественность (drúžestvennostʹ)
- дружи́ть (družítʹ)
- дру́жка (drúžka), подру́жка (podrúžka), подру́женька (podrúženʹka)
- дру́жба (drúžba, “friendship”), по дру́жбе (po drúžbe)
- дружи́ще (družíšče)
- дружи́на (družína), дружи́нный (družínnyj), дружи́нник (družínnik), дружи́нница (družínnica)
- содру́жество (sodrúžestvo)
Etymology 2
Originally, друг was the predicative (short) form of друго́й (drugój, “another”).
Noun
друг • (drug) m anim (genitive дру́га, uncountable)
- (in pairs) other, another
- друг в дру́га ― drug v drúga ― one another; each other
- друг дру́га ― drug drúga ― one another; each other
- друг дру́гу ― drug drúgu ― to one another; to each other
- друг за дру́гом ― drug za drúgom ― one after another; in single file
- друг к дру́гу ― drug k drúgu ― to each other
- друг на дру́га ― drug na drúga ― against each other
- друг от дру́га ― drug ot drúga ― one from another
- друг под дру́га ― drug pod drúga ― toward each other
- друг про́тив дру́га ― drug prótiv drúga ― face to face; vis-à-vis
- друг с дру́гом ― drug s drúgom ― with each other
- друг у дру́га ― drug u drúga ― at one another; from one another
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
друг m (Latin spelling drug)
- friend
- Synonym: при̏јатељ
- comrade
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
друг • (druh) m pers (genitive дру́га, nominative plural дру́зі, genitive plural дру́зів, feminine по́друга)
- friend, companion
Declension
Declension of друг (pers velar masc-form accent-a irreg-plstem)
References