дружба
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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *družьba. Morphologically equivalent to друг (drug, “other, fellow”) + -ба (-ba).
Pronunciation
Noun
дру́жба • (drúžba) f
- friendship (condition of being friends)
- Synonyms: прия́телство (prijátelstvo), друга́рство (drugárstvo)
Declension
Declension of дру́жба
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | дру́жба drúžba |
| definite | дру́жбата drúžbata |
Related terms
References
- “дружба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “дружба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba.
Pronunciation
Noun
дружба • (družba) f (plural дружби, diminutive дружбиче)
- friendship (condition of being friends)
- (archaic) band, crew
- Synonym: дружина (družina)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | дружба (družba) | дружби (družbi) |
| definite unspecified | дружбата (družbata) | дружбите (družbite) |
| definite proximal | дружбава (družbava) | дружбиве (družbive) |
| definite distal | дружбана (družbana) | дружбине (družbine) |
| vocative | дружбо (družbo) | дружби (družbi) |
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba, from *drugъ (“friend, companion”) + *-ьba. By surface analysis, друг (drug) + -ьба (-ʹba).
Pronunciation
Noun
дру́жба • (drúžba) f inan (genitive дру́жбы, nominative plural дру́жбы, genitive plural дружб)
- friendship (condition of being friends)
- Synonym: прия́тельство (prijátelʹstvo)
- 1913, Максим Горький [Maxim Gorky], “VIII”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
- Так ко́нчилась моя́ дру́жба с пе́рвым челове́ком из бесконе́чного ря́да чужи́х люде́й в родно́й свое́й стране́, — лу́чших люде́й её́…
- Tak kónčilasʹ mojá drúžba s pérvym čelovékom iz beskonéčnovo rjáda čužíx ljudéj v rodnój svojéj strané, — lúčšix ljudéj jejó…
- And this was the end of my first friendship with one of that innumerable company of people who are foreigners in their own country, but who are in reality its finest sons…
Declension
Declension of дру́жба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- дружи́ть (družítʹ), подружи́ться (podružítʹsja)
- дру́жно (drúžno), дру́жески (drúžeski), по-дру́жески (po-drúžeski), друг дру́га (drug drúga)
- дру́жный (drúžnyj), дру́жеский (drúžeskij), дру́жественный (drúžestvennyj)
- подру́жка (podrúžka), друг (drug), подру́га (podrúga), дружи́на (družína)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba, from *drugъ (“friend, companion”) + *-ьba. By surface analysis, друг (druh) + -ьба (-ʹba).
Pronunciation
Noun
дру́жба • (drúžba) f inan (genitive дру́жби, nominative plural дру́жби, genitive plural дружб)
Declension
Declension of дру́жба (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
Noun
дру́жба • (drúžba) m pers (genitive дру́жби, nominative plural дру́жби, genitive plural дружб)
Declension
Declension of дру́жба (pers hard fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дружба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “дружба”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “дружба”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “дружба”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “дружба”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)