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друг

друг

Belarusian

Noun

друг (druh) m animate

  1. friend

Usage notes

This word has a vocative form: дру́жа.

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /druk/

Adjective

друг (drug) m

  1. other, another, else
  2. different, new
    друга версия - another/different version
    Това е съвсем друга тема. - That's quite a different matter.
  3. opposite, reverse, other
    на другата страна на листа - on the other/reverse side of the page
    на другата страна на стената - on the other side of the wall
  4. next, following
    другата седмица - next week, the coming week
    на другия ден - on the next/following day

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Macedonian

Determiner

друг (drug)

  1. other

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Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [druk]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrowgʰos. Cognate with Lithuanian draũgas (friend), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gadrauhts, warrior) and Old English drihten.

Noun

друг (drug) m anim (genitive дру́га, nominative plural друзья́, genitive plural друзе́й, feminine подру́га)

  1. close friend
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Etymology 2

Originally, друг was the predicative (short) form of другой (“another”).

Noun

друг (drug) m anim (genitive дру́га, uncountable)

  1. (in pairs) other, another

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrowgʰos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drûːɡ/

Noun

друг m (Latin spelling drug)

  1. friend
  2. comrade

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrowgʰos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdruɦ]

Noun

друг (druh) m anim (genitive дру́га, nominative plural дру́зі, feminine подру́га)

  1. friend, companion

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References

  • Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), друг”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka