дружба
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba. Morphologically equivalent to друг (drug, “other, fellow”) + -ба (-ba).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [ˈdruʒbɐ]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -uʒbɐ
- Syllabification(key): дру‧жба
- Hyphenation(key): друж‧ба
Noun
[edit]дру́жба • (drúžba) f
- friendship (condition of being friends)
- Synonyms: прия́телство (prijátelstvo), друга́рство (drugárstvo)
- (by extension, colloquial) affection, attachment (love between close friends)
- Local agricultural organization
- (obsolete) society (a society of former residents of a smaller settlement, located in a larger city, established for cultural, educational and charitable purposes)
- (dated) association
- (in the singular, dated) band, crew
Declension
[edit]| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | дру́жба drúžba |
| definite | дру́жбата drúžbata |
Related terms
[edit]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 • (družba) f (plural дружби, diminutive дружбиче)
- friendship (condition of being friends)
- (archaic) band, crew
- Synonym: дружина (družina)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | дружба (družba) | дружби (družbi) |
| definite unspecified | дружбата (družbata) | дружбите (družbite) |
| definite proximal | дружбава (družbava) | дружбиве (družbive) |
| definite distal | дружбана (družbana) | дружбине (družbine) |
| vocative | дружбо (družbo) | дружби (družbi) |
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 • (drúžba) f inan (genitive дру́жбы, nominative plural дру́жбы, genitive plural дружб)
- friendship (condition of being friends)
- Synonym: прия́тельство (prijátelʹstvo)
- мужска́я дру́жба ― mužskája drúžba ― male friendship
- же́нская дру́жба ― žénskaja drúžba ― female friendship
- дру́жба наро́дов ― drúžba naródov ― friendship of peoples
- 1913, Максим Горький [Maxim Gorky], “VIII”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
- Так ко́нчилась моя́ дру́жба с пе́рвым челове́ком из бесконе́чного ря́да чужи́х люде́й в родно́й свое́й стране́, — лу́чших люде́й её́…
- Tak kónčilasʹ mojá drúžba s pérvym čelovékom iz beskonéčnovo rjáda čužíx ljudéj v rodnój svojéj strané, — lúčšix ljudéj 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…
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- дружба́н m anim (družbán)
- по дру́жбе (po drúžbe)
Compounds:
- ми́р-дру́жба-жва́чка (mír-drúžba-žváčka) (ми́р, дру́жба, жва́чка (mír, drúžba, žváčka))
- Phrases
- дру́жба дру́жбой (drúžba drúžboj)
- не в слу́жбу, а в дру́жбу (ne v slúžbu, a v drúžbu)
- Proverbs
- дру́жба дру́жбой, а слу́жба слу́жбой (drúžba drúžboj, a slúžba slúžboj)
- дру́жба дру́жбой, а табачо́к вро́зь (drúžba drúžboj, a tabačók vrózʹ)
Related terms
[edit]- дружи́ть (družítʹ), подружи́ться (podružítʹsja)
- дру́жно (drúžno), дру́жески (drúžeski), по-дру́жески (po-drúžeski), друг дру́га (drug drúga)
- дру́жный (drúžnyj), дру́жеский (drúžeskij), дру́жественный (drúžestvennyj)
- подру́жка (podrúžka), друг (drug), подру́га (podrúga), дружи́на (družína)
Further reading
[edit]- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “друг”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]дру̀жба f (Latin spelling drùžba)
- group, social group
- association
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | дружба | дружбе |
| genitive | дружбе | дружба / дружби |
| dative | дружби | дружбама |
| accusative | дружбу | дружбе |
| vocative | дружбо | дружбе |
| locative | дружби | дружбама |
| instrumental | дружбом | дружбама |
Further reading
[edit]- “дружба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba, from *drugъ (“friend, companion”) + *-ьba. By surface analysis, друг (druh) + -ьба (-ʹba).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]дру́жба • (drúžba) f inan (genitive дру́жби, nominative plural дру́жби, genitive plural дружб)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | дру́жба drúžba |
дру́жби drúžby |
| genitive | дру́жби drúžby |
дружб družb |
| dative | дру́жбі drúžbi |
дру́жбам drúžbam |
| accusative | дру́жбу drúžbu |
дру́жби drúžby |
| instrumental | дру́жбою drúžboju |
дру́жбами drúžbamy |
| locative | дру́жбі drúžbi |
дру́жбах drúžbax |
| vocative | дру́жбо drúžbo |
дру́жби drúžby |
Noun
[edit]дру́жба • (drúžba) m pers (genitive дру́жби, nominative plural дру́жби, genitive plural дружб)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | дру́жба drúžba |
дру́жби drúžby |
| genitive | дру́жби drúžby |
дружб družb |
| dative | дру́жбі drúžbi |
дру́жбам drúžbam |
| accusative | дру́жбу drúžbu |
дружб družb |
| instrumental | дру́жбою drúžboju |
дру́жбами drúžbamy |
| locative | дру́жбі drúžbi |
дру́жбах drúžbax |
| vocative | дру́жбо drúžbo |
дру́жби drúžby |
Further reading
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дружба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “дружба”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “дружба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection][1]
- “дружба”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “дружба”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua][2]
- Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms suffixed with -ба
- Bulgarian 2-syllable words
- Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bulgarian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Bulgarian/uʒbɐ
- Rhymes:Bulgarian/uʒbɐ/2 syllables
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian nouns
- Bulgarian feminine nouns
- Bulgarian colloquialisms
- Bulgarian terms with obsolete senses
- Bulgarian dated terms
- bg:Collectives
- bg:Friendship
- Macedonian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Macedonian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Macedonian 2-syllable words
- Macedonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Macedonian paroxytone terms
- Macedonian lemmas
- Macedonian nouns
- Macedonian feminine nouns
- Macedonian terms with archaic senses
- mk:Collectives
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms suffixed with -ьба
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian terms with collocations
- Russian terms with quotations
- Russian hard-stem feminine-form nouns
- Russian hard-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- ru:Friendship
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Collectives
- Ukrainian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ukrainian terms with audio pronunciation
- Ukrainian lemmas
- Ukrainian nouns
- Ukrainian feminine nouns
- Ukrainian inanimate nouns
- Ukrainian hard feminine-form nouns
- Ukrainian hard feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a
- Ukrainian masculine nouns
- Ukrainian personal nouns
- Ukrainian dated terms
- Ukrainian dialectal terms
- uk:Friendship
- uk:Marriage
- uk:People

