Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian другъ (druh), from Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.

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  • IPA(key): [drux]
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  • Rhymes: -ux
  • Hyphenation: друг

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друг (druhm pers (genitive дру́га, nominative plural друзья́, genitive plural друзе́й)

  1. (dated) friend
    Synonyms: ся́бар (sjábar), пры́яцель (prýjacjelʹ)
    • 1918, Francišak Alachnovič, Bazylišk, Vilnius: Drukarnia M. Kuchty, page 16:
      — Moj brat tak sama… Pajšoŭ, — nie wiarnuŭsia!… Jon bolš čym bratam, druham jon byŭ mnie!
      "And also my brother… Went there,—never came back!… He was more than a brother to me—he was my friend!"
    • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 8:
      — Дарагая мая Луіза, — прагаварыла міс Токс, — мой любы друг, як вы сябе адчуваеце цяпер?
      — Darahaja maja Luiza, — prahavaryla mis Toks, — moj ljuby druh, jak vy sjabje adčuvajecje cjapjer?
      [original: "My dear Louisa then," said Miss Tox, "my sweet friend, how are you now?"]
    • 1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 109:
      Што-ж ён будзе рабіць? Ва ўсім свеце ў яго ёсць адзін друг і абаронца, Майлс Гендон, і ён, натуральна, паспрабуе знайсці свайго друга, калі толькі для гэтага яму не трэба будзе вяртацца ў Лондан і рызыкаваць новымі небяспекамі.
      Što-ž jon budzje rabicʹ? Va ŭsim svjecje ŭ jahó joscʹ adzin druh i abarónca, Majls Hjendón, i jon, naturalʹna, pasprabuje znajsci svajhó druha, kali tólʹki dlja hetaha jamu nje treba budzje vjartacca ŭ Lóndan i ryzykavacʹ nóvymi njebjaspjekami.
      [original: What, then, would he do? Never having had a friend in the world, or a protector, until he met Miles Hendon, he would naturally try to find that friend again, provided the effort did not require him to go toward London and danger.]
      What, then, would he do? Having had only one friend and protector in the world, Miles Hendon, he would naturally try to find his friend, provided the effort did not require him to go toward London and risk new dangers.

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  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “другъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 83
  • друг”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • друг” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *drugъ.

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друг (drug)

  1. other, another, else
  2. different, new
    Synonym: разли́чен (razlíčen)
    друга версияdruga versijaanother/different version
    Това е съвсем друга тема.
    Tova e sǎvsem druga tema.
    That's quite a different matter.
  3. opposite, reverse, other
    Synonyms: противополо́жен (protivopolóžen), обра́тен (obráten)
    на другата страна на листа
    na drugata strana na lista
    on the reverse side of the page
    на другата страна на стената
    na drugata strana na stenata
    on the other side of the wall
  4. next, following
    Synonyms: сле́дващ (slédvašt), и́ден (íden)
    другата седмицаdrugata sedmicanext week, the coming week
    на другия денna drugija denon the next/following day
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друг (drugm (feminine дру́га)

  1. another
  2. (in the plural) others
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Slavic *drugъ.

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друг (drugm (feminine дру́жка)

  1. (dated or rare) friend
    Synonyms: прия́тел (prijátel), друга́р (drugár)
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  • друг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • друг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.

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  • IPA(key): [druk]
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  • Hyphenation: друг

Determiner

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друг (drug)

  1. other

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Declension of друг
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite друг (drug) друга (druga) друго (drugo) други (drugi)
definite unspecified другиот (drugiot) другата (drugata) другото (drugoto) другите (drugite)
definite proximal другиов (drugiov) другава (drugava) другово (drugovo) другиве (drugive)
definite distal другион (drugion) другана (drugana) другоно (drugono) другине (drugine)

Russian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.

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друг (drugm anim (genitive дру́га, nominative plural друзья́, genitive plural друзе́й, feminine подру́га, relational adjective дру́жеский, diminutive дружо́к)

  1. close friend
    Synonyms: прия́тель (prijátelʹ); това́рищ (továrišč); (slang, in social networks or neologism) френд (frɛnd); (slang, especially criminal) ко́реш (kóreš)
    Antonym: враг (vrag)
    Я хочу́ име́ть друзе́й.Ja xočú imétʹ druzéj.I want to have friends.
    бли́зкий другblízkij drugclose friend
    стари́нный другstarínnyj drugvery old friend
    друг семьи́drug semʹífriend of the family
    друг де́тстваdrug détstvachildhood friend
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  • English: droog

Etymology 2

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Originally the predicative (short) form of друго́й (drugój, another).

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друг (drugm anim (genitive дру́га, uncountable)

  1. (in pairs) other, another
    друг в дру́гаdrug v drúgaone another; each other
    друг дру́гаdrug drúgaone another; each other
    друг дру́гуdrug drúguto one another; to each other
    друг за дру́гомdrug za drúgomone after another; in single file
    друг к дру́гуdrug k drúguto each other
    друг на дру́гаdrug na drúgaagainst each other
    друг от дру́гаdrug ot drúgaone from another
    друг под дру́гаdrug pod drúgatoward each other
    друг про́тив дру́гаdrug prótiv drúgaface to face; vis-à-vis
    друг с дру́гомdrug s drúgomwith each other
    друг у дру́гаdrug u drúgaat one another; from one another
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.

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друг m (Latin spelling drug)

  1. friend
    Synonym: при̏јатељ
  2. comrade

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.

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друг (druhm pers (genitive дру́га, nominative plural дру́зі, genitive plural дру́зів, feminine по́друга)

  1. friend, companion

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