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дрянь

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Russian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1731. From дрань (dranʹ), from Proto-Slavic *dьranь, from *dьranъ, past passive participle of *dьrati (to tear, flay).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [drʲænʲ]
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Noun

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дрянь (drjanʹf inan or f anim (genitive дря́ни, nominative plural дря́ни, genitive plural дря́ней)

  1. (colloquial) rubbish, trash
  2. (figuratively, colloquial, animate) rotter, skunk, dirty dog

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрянь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “дрянь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 271
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьranь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 217