dreve

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See also: dřevě

English

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Etymology

From Middle English dreven (also droven), from Old English drēfan, *drōfian (“to trouble, vex, agitate, disturb the mind of”), from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną (“to disturb, excite, make muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment”). Cognate with Low German dröven, Dutch droeven (“to be sad, grieve”), German trüben (“to dull, dim, cloud, tarnish, trouble”), Swedish bedröva (“to grieve, sadden, distress”). Related to droff.

Verb

dreve (third-person singular simple present dreves, present participle dreving, simple past and past participle dreved)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To trouble; afflict; make anxious.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

dreve

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of drijven

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic древа (dreva).

Noun

dreve f pl (plural only)

  1. sawdust

Declension

plural only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative dreve drevele
genitive-dative dreve drevelor
vocative

References

  • dreve in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

dreve n

  1. locative singular of drevo
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