деревня
Definitions
- 1.village, hamlet
- 2.the countryside, the rural population
- 3.colloquialyokel, bumpkin
Дере́вня! Э́то не пиджа́к, э́то смо́кинг.
Derévnja! Éto ne pidžák, éto smóking. — What a yokel! This isn't a coat, it’s a tuxedo.
Сиди́т? — Кто? — Ну, мужи́к […] — О дере́вня, а? […] Кто ж его́ поса́дит?! Он же па́мятник!
Sidít? — Kto? — Nu, mužík […] — O derévnja, a? […] Kto ž jevó posádit?! On že pámjatnik! — Is he sitting? — Who? — That man. — Bumpkin! Who could throw him in prison? He’s a monument! (Play on the meanings of сидеть, meaning to sit and to be in prison, in the movie, Gentlemen of Fortune)
- 4.dialectala tree
- 5.dialectala place which is not a wild field
- 6.dialectala rural community
- 7.dialectala bunch of fallen trees
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic дере́внꙗ (derévnja), from Proto-Slavic *dьrvьňa. Cognates include Latvian druva (“cornfield, plough-land”) and Lithuanian dirvà (“field, land”), also Lithuanian dirvónas (“fallow field, set-aside land”). Baltic borrowing (with later semantic change from plough-land to homestead and then to hamlet) is likely considering the lack of cognates in other Slavic languages.
Forms
- дере́вняcanonical • feminine • inanimate
- derévnjaromanization
- дере́вниgenitive
- дереве́нскийadjective • relational
- дереве́нькаdiminutive
- дереву́шкаdiminutive
- дерёвняalternative • dialectal • slang
- д.alternative • abbreviation
- дер.alternative • abbreviation
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | дере́вня | дере́вни |
| Genitive | дере́вни | дереве́нь |
| Dative | дере́вне, дере́внѣ | деревня́м, деревня́мъ (archaic) |
| Accusative | дере́вню | дере́вни |
| Instrumental | дере́вней, дере́внею | деревня́ми |
| Prepositional | дере́вне, дере́внѣ | деревня́х, деревня́хъ (archaic) |