дрязги

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, perhaps ultimately from imitative Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēu- (“to drone”), ultimately related to Sanskrit ध्रणति (dhráṇati, “to sound”), Old Irish drésacht (“crackling, noise”), German trensen (“to make a prolonged moo”), Dutch drenzen (“to moan”), Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “lamentation for the deceased”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 (drunjus, “sound”), English drone, Old Prussian droanse (“corncrake”). Per Vasmer, the singular is дрязг (drjazg) (and Ushakov notes a rare genitive plural дря́згов (drjázgov)); the cognates given above suggest a Proto-Slavic *dręzgъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrʲazɡʲɪ]

Noun

дря́зги • (drjázgi) m inan pl (genitive дрязг, plural only)

1. squabbles, small quarrels
2. petty troubles, worries

Declension

Declension of дря́зги (inan pl-only masc-form velar-stem accent-a irreg) 

	plural
nominative	дря́зги drjázgi
genitive	дря́зг△ drjázg△
dative	дря́згам drjázgam
accusative	дря́зги drjázgi
instrumental	дря́згами drjázgami
prepositional	дря́згах drjázgax

^△ Irregular.