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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *družina (“team, company”).
Noun
дроужина • (družina) f
- group of associates
- company, band, retinue
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2026-2030:
нѣстъ мощьно въ мироу семь живѫще съпасти сѧ, понеже пещи сѧ ѥстъ женоѭ и дѣтьми, силоѭ ѥще же и работꙑ настоѩтъ владꙑкъ земьнꙑихъ, и отъ дроужинꙑ пакость вьсꙗка и насилиꙗ отъ старѣишиихъ- něstŭ moštĭno vŭ miru semĭ živǫšte sŭpasti sę, poneže pešti sę jestŭ ženojǫ i dětĭmi, silojǫ ješte že i raboty nastojętŭ vladykŭ zemĭnyixŭ, i otŭ družiny pakostĭ vĭsjaka i nasilija otŭ starěišiixŭ
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- monastic dormitory, monasticism
Declension
Declension of дроужина (hard a-stem)
Descendants
References
- Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София