дрова

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъrva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [drɐˈva]

Noun

дрова́ • (drová) n inan pl (genitive дров, plural only, relational adjective дровяно́й, diminutive дрови́шки)

1. firewood
2. (derogatory) wood (low-quality wooden object)
3. (computing slang) drivers

Declension

Declension of дрова́ (inan pl-only neut-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	plural
nominative	дрова́ drová
genitive	дро́в dróv
dative	дрова́м drovám
accusative	дрова́ drová
instrumental	дрова́ми drovámi
prepositional	дрова́х drováx

Pre-reform declension of дрова́ (inan pl-only neut-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	plural
nominative	дрова́ drová
genitive	дро́въ dróv
dative	дрова́мъ drovám
accusative	дрова́ drová
instrumental	дрова́ми drovámi
prepositional	дрова́хъ drováx

Related terms

• де́рево (dérevo)
• дровозагото́вка (drovozagotóvka)
• дровоко́л (drovokól)
• дровосе́к (drovosék)
• дровору́б (drovorúb)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъrva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrɔʋɐ]

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Noun

дро́ва • (dróva) n inan pl (genitive дров, plural only)

1. firewood

Declension

Declension of дро́ва (inan pl-only hard neut-form accent-a)

	plural
nominative	дро́ва dróva
genitive	дров drov
dative	дро́вам dróvam
accusative	дро́ва dróva
instrumental	дро́вами dróvamy
locative	дро́вах dróvax
vocative	дро́ва dróva

Further reading

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