дружба

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *družьba. Morphologically equivalent to друг (drug, other, fellow) +‎ -ба (-ba).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈdruʒbɐ]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

дру́жба (drúžbaf

  1. friendship (condition of being friends)
    Synonyms: прия́телство (prijátelstvo), друга́рство (drugárstvo)

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References[edit]

  • дружба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • дружба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

дружба (družbaf (plural дружби, diminutive дружбиче)

  1. friendship (condition of being friends)
  2. (archaic) band, crew
    Synonym: дружина (družina)

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba, from *drugъ (friend, companion) + *-ьba. By surface analysis, друг (drug) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

дру́жба (drúžbaf inan (genitive дру́жбы, nominative plural дру́жбы, genitive plural дружб)

  1. friendship (condition of being friends)
    Synonym: прия́тельство (prijátelʹstvo)
    • 1913, Максим Горький, “VIII”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      Так кончилась моя дружба с первым человеком из бесконечного ряда чужих людей в родной своей стране, — лучших людей её…
      Tak končilasʹ moja družba s pervym čelovekom iz beskonečnovo rjada čužix ljudej v rodnoj svojej strane, — lučšix ljudej jejó…
      And this was the end of my first friendship with one of that innumerable company of people who are foreigners in their own country, but who are in reality its finest sons…

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Ukrainian[edit]

 дружба on Ukrainian Wikipedia
 дружба (на весіллі) on Ukrainian Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba, from *drugъ (friend, companion) + *-ьba. By surface analysis, друг (druh) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

дру́жба (drúžbaf inan (genitive дру́жби, nominative plural дру́жби, genitive plural дружб)

  1. friendship

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Noun[edit]

дру́жба (drúžbam pers (genitive дру́жби, nominative plural дру́жби, genitive plural дружб)

  1. (dated, dialectal) groomsman, best man

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