дрѣво

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⰴⱃⱑⰲⱁ (drěvo)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru. Most likely originally an o-stem.

Noun

дрѣво • (drěvo) n

1. tree
2. wood (substance)
3. stake, stick
4. (paganism) object of worship
   • from Liturgical Service of Saint Naum, 3rd Verse in the 4th Tone:

     и паче панонъ нераꙁꙋмѣишаѧ, каменїамъ и древїамъ вѣрꙋюще

     i pače panonŭ nerazuměišaję, kameniamŭ i dreviamŭ věrujušte

     and the most ignorant Pannonians, who believed in the rocks and trees

   • from Vita Constantini, 1201110-1201210:

     то и въі· иже сѧ клан҄ѣете дрѣвоу· хоудѣи вещи· еже естъ готово на огн҄ь· како имате избъіти вѣчьнааго огн҄ѣ·

     to i vy· iže sę klanʹjějete drěvu· xuděi vešti· eže estŭ gotovo na ognʹĭ· kako imate izbyti věčĭnaago ognʹjě·

     How then shall you who worship a tree, a worthless thing intended for burning, escape the eternal fire?

5. (Christianity) cross (instrument of crucifixion)
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 335-337:

     би къто царева сꙑна оубилъ дрѣвомь можетъ ли дрѣво то любо бꙑти цѣсарю? такожде и крьстъ богоу.

     bi kŭto careva syna ubilŭ drěvomĭ možetŭ li drěvo to ljubo byti cěsarju? takožde i krĭstŭ bogu.

     If anyone killed the king's son with a cross of wood, would the wood be dear to the king? The same is true of the cross for God.

Declension

Declension of дрѣво (s-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	дрѣво drěvo	дрѣвесѣ drěvesě	дрѣвеса drěvesa
genitive	дрѣвесе drěvese	дрѣвесоу drěvesu	дрѣвесъ drěvesŭ
dative	дрѣвеси drěvesi	дрѣвесьма drěvesĭma	дрѣвесьмъ drěvesĭmŭ
accusative	дрѣво drěvo	дрѣвесѣ drěvesě	дрѣвеса drěvesa
instrumental	дрѣвесьмь drěvesĭmĭ	дрѣвесьма drěvesĭma	дрѣвесꙑ drěvesy
locative	дрѣвесе drěvese	дрѣвесоу drěvesu	дрѣвесьхъ drěvesĭxŭ
vocative	дрѣво drěvo	дрѣвесѣ drěvesě	дрѣвеса drěvesa

Derived terms

• бездрѣвьнъ (bezdrěvĭnŭ)
• дрѣводѣла (drěvoděla)
• дрѣвьнъ (drěvĭnŭ)
• дрѣвѣнъ (drěvěnŭ)

Related terms

• древьнъ (drevĭnŭ)

References

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “дрѣво”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “дрѣво”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki