drijevo
Serbo-Croatian
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editEtymology
editIjekavian reflex of earlier *drěvo, by liquid metathesis from Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.
Noun
editdrijȇvo n (Cyrillic spelling дрије̑во)
- (archaic, regional, Croatia) wood, lumber, tree
- 1622, Ivan Gundulić, Suze sina razmetnoga:
- Ostah kano drijevo odsječeno.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (archaic, regional, Croatia) a boat, ship
- 1893, Mato Vodopić, Marija Konavoka, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, page 118:
- Sama rodjena nje braća doznavši tako smionu ljubav nemilo je pogubiše; jer dignuvši s otoka gorući luč i prenesavši ga na ladjicu, toliko joj činiše da pliva za nestalnim drijevom, dok se na svrhu, iznemogla od umora, poduši i grob nadje u onom moru, koje toliko puta bješe jedini i tajni svjedok i vjerni pomoćnik njezinoj ljubavi.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1908, Vladimir Nazor, Veli Jože:
- Jedra se nadimaju, konopi zuje, zastava leprša, a drijevo skače kao konj po plavome polju, roneći pramac i bokove u morsku pjenu.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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- Serbo-Croatian terms with archaic senses
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- sh:Trees
- sh:Watercraft
- sh:Woods