трева

Bulgarian

пласа трева

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trěva, a variant of more commonly attested *trava (as in Serbo-Croatian тра́ва).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [trɛˈva]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -va

Noun

трева́ • (trevá) f

1. grass (plant of family Poaceae)
2. (colloquial) weed (marijuana)

   Synonym: марихуа́на (marihuána)

Declension

Declension of трева́

	singular	plural
indefinite	трева́ trevá	треви́ treví
definite	трева́та treváta	треви́те trevíte

Alternative forms

• тря́ва (trjáva), тре́ва (tréva) — dialectal, with radical stress

Derived terms

adjectives

• тре́вен (tréven)
• тре́вист (trévist)
• тревли́в (trevlív)

nouns

• трева́к (trevák) (collective)
• треви́ца (trevíca) (diminutive)
• треви́чка (trevíčka) (diminutive)
• треви́ще (trevíšte) (augmentative)
• тревуля́к (trevulják) (collective)

proper nouns

• (possibly) Тря́вна (Trjávna) (toponym)

verbs

• тревя́сам pf (trevjásam), тревя́свам impf (trevjásvam)

References

• “трева”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “трева”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1904), “трѣва́, трꙗ́ва, трава́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 374
• “трѣва”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trěva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛva]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: тре‧ва

Noun

трева • (treva) f (relational adjective тревен, diminutive тревичка)

1. grass
2. (slang) weed (marijuana)

Declension

Declension of трева

	singular	plural
indefinite	трева (treva)	треви (trevi)
definite unspecified	тревата (trevata)	тревите (trevite)
definite proximal	тревава (trevava)	тревиве (trevive)
definite distal	тревана (trevana)	тревине (trevine)
vocative	трево (trevo)	треви (trevi)
collective	тревје (trevje)	—

References

• “трева” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu