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Belarusian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian древо (drevo), from Old East Slavic дрѣво (drěvo), from Old Church Slavonic дрѣво (drěvo), from Proto-Slavic *dȇrvo. Alternatively, from Polish drzewo. Doublet of дзе́рава (dzjérava), an inherited form.
Pronunciation
Noun
дрэ́ва • (dréva) n inan (genitive дрэ́ва, nominative plural дрэ́вы, genitive plural дрэў or дрэ́ваў, relational adjective дрэ́ўны or драўня́ны or драўля́ны, diminutive дрэ́ўца)
- tree
- wood
Declension
Declension of дрэ́ва (inan hard neut-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “дрэва” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “древо”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 70
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “дрэ́ва”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 157