द्रु

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See also: दूर and देर

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *drew-, oblique case stem of *dóru, whence also regularly Sanskrit दारु (dā́ru). Compare Ancient Greek δρῦς (drûs) and Old Church Slavonic дръва (drŭva).

Noun

द्रु • (drú) stem, m or n

  1. wood or any wooden implement (as a cup, an oar etc.)
  2. a tree or branch (masculine only)
Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of द्रु (drú)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative द्रुः
drúḥ 		द्रू
drū́ 		द्रवः
drávaḥ
Vocative द्रो
dró 		द्रू
drū́ 		द्रवः
drávaḥ
Accusative द्रुम्
drúm 		द्रू
drū́ 		द्रून्
drū́n
Instrumental द्रुणा / द्र्वा¹
drúṇā / drvā́¹ 		द्रुभ्याम्
drúbhyām 		द्रुभिः
drúbhiḥ
Dative द्रवे
dráve 		द्रुभ्याम्
drúbhyām 		द्रुभ्यः
drúbhyaḥ
Ablative द्रोः
dróḥ 		द्रुभ्याम्
drúbhyām 		द्रुभ्यः
drúbhyaḥ
Genitive द्रोः
dróḥ 		द्र्वोः
drvóḥ 		द्रूणाम्
drūṇā́m
Locative द्रौ
draú 		द्र्वोः
drvóḥ 		द्रुषु
drúṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Neuter u-stem declension of द्रु (drú)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative द्रु
drú 		द्रुणी
drúṇī 		द्रूणि / द्रु¹ / द्रू¹
drū́ṇi / drú¹ / drū́¹
Vocative द्रु / द्रो
drú / dró 		द्रुणी
drúṇī 		द्रूणि / द्रु¹ / द्रू¹
drū́ṇi / drú¹ / drū́¹
Accusative द्रु
drú 		द्रुणी
drúṇī 		द्रूणि / द्रु¹ / द्रू¹
drū́ṇi / drú¹ / drū́¹
Instrumental द्रुणा / द्र्वा¹
drúṇā / drvā́¹ 		द्रुभ्याम्
drúbhyām 		द्रुभिः
drúbhiḥ
Dative द्रुणे / द्रवे¹
drúṇe / dráve¹ 		द्रुभ्याम्
drúbhyām 		द्रुभ्यः
drúbhyaḥ
Ablative द्रुणः / द्रोः¹
drúṇaḥ / dróḥ¹ 		द्रुभ्याम्
drúbhyām 		द्रुभ्यः
drúbhyaḥ
Genitive द्रुणः / द्रोः¹
drúṇaḥ / dróḥ¹ 		द्रुणोः
drúṇoḥ 		द्रूणाम्
drūṇā́m
Locative द्रुणि / द्रौ¹
drúṇi / draú¹ 		द्रुणोः
drúṇoḥ 		द्रुषु
drúṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “द्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 502, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “dā́ru-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 721

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“to run”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎 (drauu, “to run”), and, outside of Indo-Iranian, possibly Latin Dravus (“the Drava river in southern Central Europe”).

Alternative forms

Root

द्रु • (dru)

  1. to run, hasten, flee
  2. to run up to, attack, assault
  3. to become fluid, dissolve, melt
  4. to cause to run, make flow
  5. to make fluid, melt
  6. to drive away, put to flight
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root द्रु (0 c, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root द्रु (1 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms
Prefixed Root Forms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “द्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 502, column 1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 80
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “dru”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DRAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 755-6
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “drav”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 181
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*drau²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-8
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