Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *družьba. Morphologically equivalent to друг (drug, other, fellow) +‎ -ба (-ba).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdruʒbɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun edit

дру́жба (drúžbaf

  1. friendship (condition of being friends)
    Synonyms: прия́телство (prijátelstvo), друга́рство (drugárstvo)

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References edit

  • дружба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • дружба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

дружба (družbaf (plural дружби, diminutive дружбиче)

  1. friendship (condition of being friends)
  2. (archaic) band, crew
    Synonym: дружина (družina)

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba, from *drugъ (friend, companion) + *-ьba. By surface analysis, друг (drug) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

дру́жба (drúžbaf inan (genitive дру́жбы, nominative plural дру́жбы, genitive plural дружб)

  1. friendship (condition of being friends)
    Synonym: прия́тельство (prijátelʹstvo)
    • 1913, Максим Горький, “VIII”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      Так кончилась моя дружба с первым человеком из бесконечного ряда чужих людей в родной своей стране, — лучших людей её…
      Tak končilasʹ moja družba s pervym čelovekom iz beskonečnovo rjada čužix ljudej v rodnoj svojej strane, — lučšix ljudej jejó…
      And this was the end of my first friendship with one of that innumerable company of people who are foreigners in their own country, but who are in reality its finest sons…

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Ukrainian edit

 дружба on Ukrainian Wikipedia
 дружба (на весіллі) on Ukrainian Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьba, from *drugъ (friend, companion) + *-ьba. By surface analysis, друг (druh) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

дру́жба (drúžbaf inan (genitive дру́жби, nominative plural дру́жби, genitive plural дружб)

  1. friendship

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Noun edit

дру́жба (drúžbam pers (genitive дру́жби, nominative plural дру́жби, genitive plural дружб)

  1. (dated, dialectal) groomsman, best man

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