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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.
Pronunciation
Noun
трава́ • (travá) f inan (genitive травы́, nominative plural тра́вы, genitive plural траў or тра́ваў, relational adjective травяны́, diminutive тра́ўка)
- grass
- herb
- weed
Declension
Declension of трава́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “трава” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.
Pronunciation
Noun
трава • (trava) f (plural трави)
- (dialectal) grass
- (slang, dialectal) weed (marijuana)
Declension
Synonyms
- (standard): трева f (treva)
References
- “трава” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.
Noun
трава • (trava) f
- grass
- plants
Declension
Declension of трава (hard a-stem)
References
- “трава”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
- Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2012), “trava”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 16 (sьde – trъtъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 975
Old East Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.
Noun
трава (trava) f
- grass
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak tráva, from Proto-Slavic *trava. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn трава́ (travá) and Slovak tráva.
Pronunciation
Noun
трава (trava) f (diminutive травичка or травка, related adjective травов or травни)
- grass
- herb
- weed
Declension
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “трава”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “grass”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 128
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “herb”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 136
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “weed”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 373
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava (“grass”).
Related to трави́ть (travítʹ, “to spoil or damage the grass”) and тере́ть (terétʹ, “to rub”). Possibly a cognate of Ancient Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “I eat, devour”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Noun
трава́ • (travá) f inan (genitive травы́, nominative plural тра́вы, genitive plural трав, relational adjective травяно́й, diminutive тра́вка or трави́нка)
- grass
- herb
- медоно́сные тра́вы ― medonósnyje trávy ― melliferous herbs
- weed
- (slang) marijuana, weed; any other plant drug
- Synonym: травка (travka)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “трава”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 255
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trǎːʋa/
- Hyphenation: тра‧ва
Noun
тра́ва f (Latin spelling tráva)
- (uncountable) grass
- herb
- (slang) weed, pot
Он с(ј)еди на свом кревету пушећи траву и читајући Достојевског.- He's sitting on his bed, smoking pot and reading Dostoyevsky.
Declension
Quotations
Further reading
- “трава”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.
Pronunciation
Noun
трава́ • (travá) f inan (genitive трави́, nominative plural тра́ви, genitive plural трав, relational adjective трав'яни́й, diminutive тра́вка)
- grass
- herb
- weed
Declension
Declension of трава́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d)
References