дрыва

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drъva.

Noun

дрыва • (dryva) n inan pl

1. Alternative form of дрова (drova, “wood”)

Descendants

Unlike крывавый (kryvavyj), which won over кровавый (krovavyj), this reflex of *-rъ- was replaced by дрова (drova) and is mostly lost in daughter languages. However, it does survive in certain derivatives:

• ⇒ Belarusian: дрывако́л (dryvakól, “woodchopper”)
• ⇒ Belarusian: дрывасе́к (dryvasjék, “woodcutter”)
• ⇒ Belarusian: дрыво́тня (dryvótnja, “woodhouse”)
• ⇒ Belarusian: дрывя́ны (dryvjány, “wooden”)
• ⇒ Ukrainian: дриві́тня (dryvítnja, “woodhouse”) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “дрыва”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 833
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “дрова, дрва, дрыва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 76
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2001), “дрова, дрива, дрыва, дръва”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 8 (десѧтинный – дѣдичство), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 208