трава

See also: травя

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. grass

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trava.

Noun

трава • (trava) f

1. grass
2. plants

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trava (“grass”), from the PIE root *treh₁-. Related to дрова́ (drová, “firewood”), трави́ть (travítʹ, “to spoil or damage the grass”) and тере́ть (terétʹ, “to rub”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “I ate, devour”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [trɐˈva]

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Noun

трава́ • (travá) f inan (genitive травы́, nominative plural тра́вы, genitive plural трав)

1. grass
2. herb

   медоно́сные тра́вы ― medonósnyje trávy ― melliferous herbs

3. (slang) marijuana (or any other vegetative drug; also травка)

Declension

Declension of трава́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	трава́ travá	тра́вы trávy
genitive	травы́ travý	тра́в tráv
dative	траве́ travé	тра́вам trávam
accusative	траву́ travú	тра́вы trávy
instrumental	траво́й, траво́ю travój, travóju	тра́вами trávami
prepositional	траве́ travé	тра́вах trávax

Derived terms

Adjectives

• тра́вный (trávnyj)
• травяни́стый (travjanístyj)
• травяно́й (travjanój)

Template:mid2 Nouns

• тра́вка f (trávka)
• тра́вонька f (trávonʹka)
• тра́вушка f (trávuška)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trǎːʋa/
• Hyphenation: тра‧ва

Noun

тра́ва f (Latin spelling tráva)

1. (uncountable) grass
2. herb
3. (slang) weed, pot

   Он седи на свом кревету пушећи траву и читајући Достојевског. (Ekavian)

   Он сједи на свом кревету пушећи траву и читајући Достојевског. (Ijekavian)

   He's sitting on his bed, smoking pot and reading Dostoyevsky

Declension

Declension of трава

	singular	plural
nominative	трава	траве
genitive	траве	трава
dative	трави	травама
accusative	траву	траве
vocative	траво	траве
locative	трави	травама
instrumental	травом	травама

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:trava.

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

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Noun

трава́ • (travá) f inan (genitive трави́, nominative plural тра́ви)

1. grass

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “трава”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka