древо

Russian

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

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “древо”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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