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See also: Dr, DR, dr., d'r, Dr., D.R., ḏr, and d:r

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

dr (countable and uncountable, plural drs)

  1. (accounting) Abbreviation of debtor, debit
    Antonym: cr
  2. Abbreviation of drive.
  3. (informal) Abbreviation of doctor.
    • 1979 April 14, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
      Probably a real change would be the cure the drs can't find.

Anagrams

Avokaya

Pronunciation

Letter

dr (uppercase Dr)

  1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

Dutch

Pronoun

dr

  1. (text messaging) nonstandard form of d'r

Adverb

dr

  1. (text messaging) nonstandard form of d'r

East Central German

Article

dr m (feminine de, neuter doas)

  1. (Silesian, rare) the

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

d
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 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to drive away, to repel

Inflection

Conjugation of dr (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dr, geminated stem: drr
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
dr
 drw, dr
 drt
 dr, j.dr
 dr, j.dr
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
dr
 ḥr dr
 m dr
 r dr
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect dr.n
 drw, dr
 consecutive dr.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative drt
perfective3 dr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 dr.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective dr, j.dr1
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 dr
 drr
 potentialis1 dr.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive dr, j.dr1
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect dr.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective dr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 dr
 drr, drrj6, dr2, drw2 5, dry2 5
imperfective j.dr1, dr, dry, drw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 j.dr1, j.drw1 5, dr, drj6, dry6
 dr, drw5
prospective dr, drtj7
 — drtj4, drt4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

References

  • James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 170.

Indonesian

Preposition

dr

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of dari.

Maore Comorian

Pronunciation

Letter

dr (upper case Dr)

  1. A letter of the Maore Comorian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

dr m pers

  1. (medicine) Abbreviation of doktor.

Declension

Two declensions are allowed:

Declension of dr
singular plural
nominative dr drowie
genitive dra drów
dative drowi drom
accusative dra drów
instrumental drem drami
locative drze drach
vocative drze drowie

or

Declension of dr
singular plural
nominative dr dr dr
genitive dr. dr. dr.
dative dr. dr. dr.
accusative dr. dr. dr.
instrumental dr. dr. dr.
locative dr. dr. dr.
vocative dr. dr. dr.

Noun

dr f (indeclinable)

  1. (medicine) Abbreviation of doktor.

Further reading

  • dr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dr in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Alternative forms

Noun

dr

  1. Dr; Abbreviation of doktor.

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia