dreve
See also: dřevě
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Etymology edit
From Middle English dreven (also droven), from Old English drēfan, *drōfian (“to trouble, vex, agitate, disturb the mind of”), from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną (“to disturb, excite, make muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment”). Cognate with Low German dröven, Dutch droeven (“to be sad, grieve”), German trüben (“to dull, dim, cloud, tarnish, trouble”), Swedish bedröva (“to grieve, sadden, distress”). Related to droff.
Verb edit
dreve (third-person singular simple present dreves, present participle dreving, simple past and past participle dreved)
- (transitive, obsolete) To trouble; afflict; make anxious.
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- Rhymes: -eːvə
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dreve
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic древа (dreva).
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dreve f pl (plural only)
Declension edit
declension of dreve (plural only)
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dreve n