See also: травя

Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [traˈva]
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Noun

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трава́ (traváf inan (genitive травы́, nominative plural тра́вы, genitive plural траў or тра́ваў, relational adjective травяны́, diminutive тра́ўка)

  1. grass
  2. herb
  3. weed

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References

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  • трава” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtrava]
  • Hyphenation: тра‧ва

Noun

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трава (travaf (plural трави)

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

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

Old Church Slavonic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

Noun

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трава (travaf

  1. grass
  2. plants

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  • трава”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
  • Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2012), “trava”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 16 (sьde – trъtъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 975

Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

Noun

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трава (travaf

  1. grass

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava (grass).

Related to трави́ть (travítʹ, to spoil or damage the grass) and тере́ть (terétʹ, to rub). Possibly a cognate of Ancient Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, I eat, devour).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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трава́ (traváf inan (genitive травы́, nominative plural тра́вы, genitive plural трав, relational adjective травяно́й, diminutive тра́вка or трави́нка)

  1. grass
  2. herb
    медоно́сные тра́выmedonósnyje trávymelliferous herbs
  3. weed
  4. (slang) marijuana, weed; any other plant drug
    Synonym: травка (travka)

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “трава”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 255

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /trǎːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: тра‧ва

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тра́ва f (Latin spelling tráva)

  1. (uncountable) grass
  2. herb
  3. (slang) weed, pot
    Он с(ј)еди на свом кревету пушећи траву и читајући Достојевског.
    He's sitting on his bed, smoking pot and reading Dostoyevsky.

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Ukrainian

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

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трава́ (traváf inan (genitive трави́, nominative plural тра́ви, genitive plural трав, relational adjective трав'яни́й, diminutive тра́вка)

  1. grass
  2. herb
  3. weed

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