древо

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• дрово (drovo), дрэво (drevo) — Middle Belarusian
• дрово (drovo), дрѣво (drěvo) — Middle Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic дрѣво (drěvo), from Old Church Slavonic дрѣво (drěvo), from Proto-Slavic *dȇrvo. Doublet of дерево (derevo), an inherited form.

Noun

древо • (drevo) n

1. tree

   Synonym: дерево (derevo)

2. wood, timber

   Synonym: дерево (derevo)

3. handle
4. Synonym of копье (kopʹje, “javelin, spear”)
5. shaft (wooden part of a weapon)
6. cross (instrument of torture)

   Synonyms: дерево (derevo), крестъ (krest)

7. stick, staff; pointer

Descendants

• Belarusian: дрэ́ва (dréva)
• Carpathian Rusyn: дре́во (drévo) (poetic, regional)
• Ukrainian: дре́во (drévo)

References

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “древо”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 70
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*дрѣво”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 328
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2001), “древо, дрѣво, дрово”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 8 (десѧтинный – дѣдичство), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 202

Russian

Alternative forms

• дрѣ́во (drě́vo) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic дрѣво (drěvo). Doublet of де́рево (dérevo), the inherited Old East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrʲevə]

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Noun

дре́во • (drévo) n inan (genitive дре́ва, nominative plural древеса́, genitive plural древе́с)

1. (archaic or literary) tree

Declension

Declension of дре́во (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-c irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	дре́во drévo	древеса́△ drevesá△
genitive	дре́ва dréva	древе́с△ drevés△
dative	дре́ву drévu	древеса́м△ drevesám△
accusative	дре́во drévo	древеса́△ drevesá△
instrumental	дре́вом drévom	древеса́ми△ drevesámi△
prepositional	дре́ве dréve	древеса́х△ drevesáx△

^△ Irregular.

Noun

дре́во • (drévo) n inan (genitive дре́ва, nominative plural дре́ва, genitive plural древ)

1. tree (in the expressions родосло́вное дре́во (rodoslóvnoje drévo, “family tree”), генеалоги́ческое дре́во (genealogíčeskoje drévo, “family tree”), дре́во жи́зни (drévo žízni, “tree of life”))

Declension

Declension of дре́во (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	дре́во drévo	дре́ва dréva
genitive	дре́ва dréva	дре́в drév
dative	дре́ву drévu	дре́вам drévam
accusative	дре́во drévo	дре́ва dréva
instrumental	дре́вом drévom	дре́вами drévami
prepositional	дре́ве dréve	дре́вах drévax

Related terms

• древко́ n (drevkó)
• древе́сный (drevésnyj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “древо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress