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Pronunciation
Noun
drivo (uncountable, accusative drivon)
- the act of drifting
- drift (as in genetic drift, continental drift, etc.)
Serbo-Croatian
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Etymology
Ikavian reflex of earlier *drěvo, by liquid metathesis from Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.
Noun
drȋvo n (Cyrillic spelling дри̑во)
- (archaic, regional, Chakavian) wood, lumber, tree
- 15th century, Marko Marulić, Slavić:
Šesto rugo i psovan'ja,
pljuske, biče i pljuvan'ja,
tarn, žuč, ocat prikovan'ja
g drivu križa kad podni.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1536, Petar Zoranić, Planine:Ni me već slajaše gracka plemenita razbluda, ni u ničemur utihe najti mogah, samo lipost ona i mlajahna srdačca tvrdost i pram meni nemilost vazda mi srdačce griziše pravo i ne jinako neg kako sam po sebi u drivu stvoren črvak vlastito drivo grize i ji, tako nesmerna želja sama po sebi u misli mojoj stvorena sama sebe prez pristanka griziše.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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