Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
you have here. The definition of the word
will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Russian
Etymology
First attested in 1731. From дрань (dranʹ), from Proto-Slavic *dьranь, from *dьranъ, past passive participle of *dьrati (“to tear, flay”).
Pronunciation
Noun
дрянь • (drjanʹ) f inan or f anim (genitive дря́ни, nominative plural дря́ни, genitive plural дря́ней)
- (colloquial) rubbish, trash
1929 – 1940, М. А. Булгаков,
Мастер и Маргарита:
- Пошёл я купа́ться на Москва́-ре́ку, ну и попя́тили мо́ю одёжу, а э́ту дрянь оста́вили!
- Pošól ja kupátʹsja na Moskvá-réku, nu i popjátili móju odjóžu, a étu drjanʹ ostávili!
- 1979 translation by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky
- I went for a swim in the Moscow River, so they filched my clothes and left me this trash!
- (figuratively, colloquial, animate) rotter, skunk, dirty dog
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрянь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “дрянь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 271
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьranь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 217