трава

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See also: травя

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

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Noun

трава́ (traváf inan (genitive травы́, nominative plural тра́вы, genitive plural траў or тра́ваў, relational adjective травяны́, diminutive тра́ўка)

  1. grass
  2. herb
  3. weed

Declension

References

  • трава” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: тра‧ва

Noun

трава (travaf (plural трави)

  1. (dialectal) grass
  2. (slang, dialectal) weed (marijuana)

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Synonyms

References

  • трава” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

Noun

трава (travaf

  1. grass
  2. plants

Declension

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 (travaf

  1. grass

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 (traváf inan (genitive травы́, nominative plural тра́вы, genitive plural трав, relational adjective травяно́й, diminutive тра́вка or трави́нка)

  1. grass
  2. herb
    медоно́сные тра́выmedonósnyje trávymelliferous herbs
  3. weed
  4. (slang) marijuana, weed; any other plant drug
    Synonym: травка (travka)

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Adjectives

Nouns

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)

  1. (uncountable) grass
  2. herb
  3. (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.

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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 (traváf inan (genitive трави́, nominative plural тра́ви, genitive plural трав, relational adjective трав'яни́й, diminutive тра́вка)

  1. grass
  2. herb
  3. weed

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