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Dra

Dra

See also: dra and Dra.

English

Proper noun

Dra

  1. Alternative form of Draa

dra

dra

Afrikaans

Verb

dra (present dra, present participle draende, past participle gedra)

  1. to carry
  2. to wear
    Fjodor is die eerste Russiese tsaar wat Westerse klere dra.
    Fjodor is the first Russian tsar that wears western clothes.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *drag(-), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrogh (sediments, dregs). Cognate to Latin fraces (oil dregs) and Old Norse dregg (dregs)[1].

Noun

dra m

  1. sediment, dregs
  2. smudged butter
  3. sweepings, dirt
Related terms

References

  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.141

Lojban

Rafsi

dra

  1. rafsi of drani.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.

Alternative forms

  • drage (obsolete in Bokmål, but used in Nynorsk and Danish)

Verb

dra (imperative dra, present tense drar, passive dras, simple past dro or drog, past participle dratt or dradd, present participle dragende)

  1. to draw; pull; drag
  2. to leave; depart; go
    dra på ferie - to go on holiday

Derived terms

References


Swedish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology

From older draga, from Old Swedish dragha, from Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.

Verb

dra

  1. pull
  2. to tell a short story or (dirty) joke
    Dra den där fräckisen igen som du drog igår kväll ― Hey, tell that dirty story again, the one you told last night
  3. (slang) leave for some other place
    Ska vi dra ner på stan? ― Should we get downtown?

Conjugation

Interjection

dra!

  1. (slang) leave! get out of my sight!

Synonyms


Yola

Verb

dra

  1. to draw