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drot

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See also: drót, drôt, and Drot

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French droit, from Late Latin drictus, from Vulgar Latin dīrēctus.

Pronunciation

Noun

drot m (plural drots)

  1. (Troyen, Langrois) right

Adjective

drot m (feminine drotye, plural drots)

  1. (Troyen, Langrois) right

Adverb

drot

  1. (Troyen) rightly; justly
  2. (Troyen) directly

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes
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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish drotten (later misinterpreted as the definite singular form), from Old Norse dróttinn, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, lord”), cognate with Old English dryhten, Old High German truhtin. Derived from the noun *druhtiz (“troop”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drɔt/, [ˈd̥ʁʌd̥]

Noun

drot c (singular definite drotten, plural indefinite drotter)

  1. (historical, poetic) king
    Coordinate term: stormand

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...

References

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Verb

drot

  1. inflection of droen:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • drod

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian drót.

Noun

drot n (plural droturi)

  1. wire

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Draht.

Noun

drȍt m inan or m anim (Cyrillic spelling дро̏т, genitive singular dròta, nominative plural dròtovi)

  1. (inanimate) wire
  2. (colloquial, animate) a cop (police officer)

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