drevo

See also: dřevo and dřěvo

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dȇrvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dérwa, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru. First attested in 1473.

Noun

drevo n

  1. tree (large woody plant)
  2. wood (a mass of tree trunks and branches or a single piece thereof)

Descendants
  • Slovak: drevo

References
  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “drevo”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ekavian reflex of earlier *drěvo, by liquid metathesis from Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Noun

drȇvo n (Cyrillic spelling дре̑во)

  1. (Ekavian, Kajkavian) wood, lumber, tree
  • drevje

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak drevo, from Proto-Slavic *dervo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɛvɔ/

Noun

drevo n (genitive singular dreva, nominative plural drevá, genitive plural driev, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. tree, wood

Declension
Declension of drevo
singular plural
nominative drevo drevá
genitive dreva driev
dative drevu drevám
accusative drevo drevá
locative dreve drevách
instrumental drevom drevami

Further reading
  • “drevo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene
Drevesa brez listov - Trees without leaves

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /drɛʋóː/

Noun

drevọ̑ n

  1. tree

Inflection
Declension of drevo (neuter, s-stem)
nom. sing. drevo
gen. sing. drevesa
singular dual plural
nominative drevo drevesi drevesa
accusative drevo drevesi drevesa
genitive drevesa dreves dreves
dative drevesu drevesoma drevesom
locative drevesu drevesih drevesih
instrumental drevesom drevesoma drevesi

Further reading
  • “drevo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Verb

drevo

  1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of driva

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