дрязги

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, perhaps ultimately from imitative Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēu- (“to drone”), ultimately related to Sanskrit ध्रणति (dhráṇati, “to sound”), Old Irish drésacht (“crackling, noise”), German trensen (“to make a prolonged moo”), Dutch drenzen (“to moan”), Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “lamentation for the deceased”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 (drunjus, “sound”), English drone, Old Prussian droanse (“corncrake”). Per Vasmer, the singular is дрязг (drjazg) (and Ushakov notes a rare genitive plural дря́згов (drjázgov)); the cognates given above suggest a Proto-Slavic *dręzgъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdrʲazɡʲɪ]

Noun

дря́зги • (drjázgi) m inan pl (genitive дрязг, plural only)

  1. squabbles, small quarrels
  2. petty troubles, worries

Declension
Declension of дря́зги (inan pl-only masc-form velar-stem accent-a irreg) 
plural
nominative дря́зги
drjázgi
genitive дря́зг△
drjázg△
dative дря́згам
drjázgam
accusative дря́зги
drjázgi
instrumental дря́згами
drjázgami
prepositional дря́згах
drjázgax

△ Irregular.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.