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Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
drob
- second-person singular imperative of drobit
Etymology 2
Noun
drob f
- genitive plural of droba
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Adverb
drob
- Alternative form of darob
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Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *drobъ (“entrails”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian drob, Polish drób, Serbo-Croatian drȏb, and Russian дробь (drobʹ, “fraction, small shot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
drob m inan
- anything fragmented or cut into pieces
- lead shot
- entrails, intestines; mesentery
Declension
References
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “drob”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “drob”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian drob or Bulgarian дроб (drob), from Proto-Slavic *drobъ (“entrails”).
Noun
drob m (plural drobi)
- a traditional dish usually served at Easter made from minced up offal and entrails (often of lamb), seasoned with herbs, and boiled in the caul or omentum, similar to haggis (which is however boiled in the sheep stomach and not as seasoned)
Declension
See also
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn or Russian дрок (drok), with an alteration probably due to influence from the above word.
Alternative forms
Noun
drob m (plural drobi)
- dyer's broom (Genista tinctoria)
Declension
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drobъ.
Noun
drȏb m (Cyrillic spelling дро̑б)
- bowels, guts, intestines
- offal
Declension
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