дрянь

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Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1731. From дрань (dranʹ), from Proto-Slavic *dьranь, from *dьranъ, past passive participle of *dьrati (“to tear, flay”).

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Noun

дрянь • (drjanʹ) f inan or f anim (genitive дря́ни, nominative plural дря́ни, genitive plural дря́ней)

  1. (colloquial) rubbish, trash
  2. (figuratively, colloquial, animate) rotter, skunk, dirty dog

Declension

Declension of дрянь (bian fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative дря́нь
drjánʹ 		дря́ни
drjáni
genitive дря́ни
drjáni 		дря́ней
drjánej
dative дря́ни
drjáni 		дря́ням
drjánjam
accusative animate дря́нь
drjánʹ 		дря́ней
drjánej
inanimate дря́ни
drjáni
instrumental дря́нью
drjánʹju 		дря́нями
drjánjami
prepositional дря́ни
drjáni 		дря́нях
drjánjax

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрянь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “дрянь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 271
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьranь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 217
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