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drob

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Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

drob

  1. second-person singular imperative of drobit

Etymology 2

Noun

drob f

  1. genitive plural of droba

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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Adverb

drob

  1. alternative form of darob
    • 1793, Johann Heinrich Voß, Ilias [Iliad]‎, Insel Verlag, published 1990, →ISBN, lines 1:402-406:
      Rufend zum hohen Olympos den hundertarmigen Riesen, / Den Briareos nennen die Himmlischen, aber Ägäon / Jeglicher Mensch; denn er raget auch selbst vor dem Vater an Stärke. / Dieser nun saß bei Kronion dem Donnerer, freudiges Trotzes. / Drob erschraken die Götter, und scheuten sich, jenen zu fesseln.
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Lower Sorbian

FWOTD – 6 September 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *drobъ (“entrails”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian drob, Polish drób, Serbo-Croatian drȏb, and Russian дробь (drobʹ, “fraction, small shot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

drob m inan

  1. anything fragmented or cut into pieces
  2. lead shot
  3. entrails, intestines; mesentery

Declension

Declension of drob
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References

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “drob”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “drob”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian drob or Bulgarian дроб (drob), from Proto-Slavic *drobъ (“entrails”). Doublet of dărab.

Noun

drob m (plural drobi)

  1. a traditional dish usually served at Easter made from minced up offal and entrails (often of lamb), seasoned with herbs, and boiled in the caul or omentum, similar to haggis (which is however boiled in the sheep stomach and not as seasoned)
Declension
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See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn or Russian дрок (drok), with an alteration probably due to influence from the above word.

Alternative forms

Noun

drob m (plural drobi)

  1. dyer's broom (Genista tinctoria)
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Derived terms
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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drobъ.

Noun

drȏb m inan (Cyrillic spelling дро̑б)

  1. bowels, guts, intestines
  2. offal

Declension

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