трава

See also: травя

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [traˈva]
  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. grass
  2. herb
  3. weed

Declension

References

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

трава • (trava) f (plural трави)

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

Declension

Synonyms

References

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

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trava.

Noun

трава • (trava) f

  1. grass
  2. plants

Declension

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trava.

Noun

трава (trava) f

  1. grass

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava (grass).

Related to Russian трави́ть (travítʹ, to spoil or damage the grass) and Russian тере́ть (terétʹ, to rub). Cognate with Ancient Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, I ate, devour).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [trɐˈva]
  • (file)

Noun

трава́ • (travá) f 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 (or any other vegetative drug; also травка)

Declension

Derived terms

Adjectives

Nouns

  • тра́вонька f (trávonʹka)
  • тра́вушка f (trávuška)

References

  • 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, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 255

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Declension

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:trava.

Further reading

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [trɐˈʋa]
  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. grass
  2. herb
  3. weed

Declension

References

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