dra

See also: Dra, Dra., drą, dra-, -dra, and dʳa

Translingual

Symbol

dra

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Dravidian languages.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dragen.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

dra (present dra, present participle draende, past participle gedra)

1. to carry
2. to wear

   Fjodor is die eerste Russiese tsaar wat Westerse klere dra.

   Fjodor is the first Russian tsar that wears western clothes.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *drag-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”), likely of non-Indo-European origin. Alternatively from Dacian *draga.

Noun

dra m (plural dra, definite drau, definite plural dratë)

1. sediment, dregs
2. smudged butter
3. sweepings, dirt

Related terms

• ndrag

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdra]

Verb

dra

1. masculine singular present transgressive of dřít

Synonyms

• dera

Related terms

• derouc
• dříc

 

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) draey

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drade, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. cognates include Old High German drāto (“quickly, suddenly, violently, intensely”) and its adjectival counterpart drāti; ultimately all derive from the same root to which draaien (“to turn”) (English throw, German drehen (“to turn”)) belongs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /draː/

• Audio:

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Adverb

dra

1. (archaic) soon

Derived terms

• aldra
• weldra
• zodra

 

Fijian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *draʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

Noun

dra

1. blood
2. sap (of plant)

Verb

dra

1. to bleed

   E dra tiko na ucuna.

   His/her nose is bleeding.

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “dra”, in Fijian–English Dictionary: with notes on Fijian culture and natural history, Suva, Fiji: R. Gatty, →ISBN, page 70

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French drap (“sheet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɣa/

Noun

dra

1. bedsheet

Lombard

Etymology

From de +‎ la.

Pronunciation

• (Old Lombard) IPA^(key): [ˈdɾa]

Article

dra

1. (Old Lombard) of the
2. (Old Lombard) from the

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.

Verb

dra (imperative dra, present tense drar, passive dras, simple past dro or drog, past participle dratt or dradd, present participle dragende)

1. to draw; pull; drag
2. to leave; depart; go

   dra på ferie - to go on holiday

3. (colloquial) of a man, to masturbate

Alternative forms

• drage (obsolete in Bokmål, but used in Nynorsk and Danish)

Derived terms

• dragkamp
• dra til helvete
• oppdra
• overdra
• pådra

 

References

• “dra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• draga, drage (long forms).

Etymology

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɑː/

Verb

dra (present tense dreg or drar, simple past drog, supine drege or dratt or dradd, past participle dregen or dradd, present participle dragande, imperative dra)

1. (transitive) to pull; drag, draw
2. (intransitive) to leave; depart; go

   å dra på ferie

   to go on holiday

Derived terms

• dragkamp
• dra til helvete
• oppdra
• overdra
• pådra

 

References

• “dra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Puyuma

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *da (“locative case marker”).

Article

dra

1. construction marker for common nouns, oblique

   a puyuma mekan dra tinalrek.

   Puyuma eat rice.

References

• Josiane Cauquelin (2015) Nanwang Puyuma-English Dictionary (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series 56), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 132

Swedish

Alternative forms

• draga (dated)

Etymology

Apocopic form of draga, from Old Swedish dragha, from Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-. In some senses, from Middle Low German dragen (“carry”) (compare German tragen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɑː/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Verb

dra (present drar, preterite drog, supine dragit, imperative dra)

1. to pull (on something, possibly causing it to move)

   Hästen drar vagnen

   The horse pulls the cart

   dra ut en tand

   pull out a tooth

   dra ut en utdragbar skärbräda

   pull out a pull-out cutting board

   dra något över golvet

   pull something across the floor [compare släpa]

   Han drog i repet

   He pulled the rope [i adds a nuance of "pulled on," rather than "pulled along the ground" or the like]

   1. to tow (a trailer or the like – compare bogsera)

      Bilen drar släpet

      The car tows the trailer

   2. to draw (a weapon, from a sheath, holster, or the like)

      Riddaren drog sitt svärd

      The knight drew his sword

      med dragna pistoler

      with guns drawn

      att dra kniv [idiomatic]

      to pull a knife / knives

2. to pull (tell; give)

   Kan du dra siffrorna igen?

   Can you pull the numbers again?

   1. to tell (a short story, joke, or the like)

      Dra den där fräckisen igen som du drog igår kväll

      Tell that dirty joke again that you told last night

   2. to play

      Nisse drog en låt på dragspelet

      Nisse played [pulled] a song on the accordion [somewhat colloquial-sounding]

3. (in "dra en slutsats") to draw (a conclusion), to conclude (compare "komma fram till" and "sluta sig till")

   Med den informationen kan man dra slutsatsen att myrsloken måste vara i den blå lådan

   With that information, one can conclude [draw the conclusion] that the anteater must be in the blue box

4. (in "dra lärdom") to draw (lessons) (learn from something)

   dra lärdom av det inträffade

   draw lessons from the incident

5. to consume (some resource needed on a continuous basis)

   Hur mycket drar bilen per mil? / Vad drar bilen per mil?

   How much [gas] does the car consume [draw] per mile [ten kilometers]?

6. to draw (a line, curve, or the like – compare rita)

   dra ett streck över något

   draw a line under something [idiomatically with "over" in Swedish]

7. to hold back on (something (due to hesitancy))

   Han drog på svaret

   He hesitated / paused before answering

   Jag borde göra det nu, men jag drar mig

   I should do it now, but I'm delaying [find it difficult, etc.]

9. (often with a particle like fram (“forth”)) to move (often of something large, like a storm or an army – see also rycka)

   Stormen drog fram över ön

   The storm swept across the island

   Stormen drog in över ön

   The storm moved in over the island

   1. (with ifrån) to pull away (increase one's lead (in a (speed) competition))

      Den franska föraren börjar dra ifrån i ledningen

      The French driver is starting to pull away in the lead

10. (colloquial) to go (somewhere), to leave (for some other place)

    Synonyms: sticka, dunsta, gitta

    Ska vi dra ner på stan?

    Wanna go downtown?

    Vi drog hem till Nisse

    We went to Nisse's place

    Vi drar!

    Let's get out of here!

11. (idiomatic, in "gå och dra") to idle (do nothing (productive))

    De bara går och drar hela dagarna

    They're just idling all day

12. to run (install (cables, pipes, etc.))

    dra kabel i taket

    run cable in the ceiling

13. (with med (“with”)) to be burdened (with)

    Hon drogs med flera åkommor

    She was burdened with several ailments

14. to steep (be steeped in liquid in order to extract ("pull") flavor compounds, etc.)

    Låt teet dra i fyra minuter

    Let the tea steep for four minutes

Usage notes

Dra and rycka (“yank, pull”) have some overlap with how pull is sometimes used for more general movement in English in (sense 8), though it's not perfect. You can't "dra/rycka" ("pull/yank") into a driveway, for example.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dra (class 6 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dra		dras
Supine	dragit		dragits
Imperative	dra		—
Imper. plural1	dran		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	drar	drog	dras	drogs
Ind. plural1	dra	drogo	dras	drogos
Subjunctive2	dra	droge	dras	droges
	Participles
Present participle	dragande
Past participle	dragen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of draga (class 6 strong, dated)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	draga		dragas
Supine	dragit		dragits
Imperative	drag		—
Imper. plural1	dragen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	drager	drog	drages	drogs
Ind. plural1	draga	drogo	dragas	drogos
Subjunctive2	drage	droge	drages	droges
	Participles
Present participle	dragande
Past participle	dragen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• andra
• bedra
• bidra
• dra av
• dra fram
• dra för
• dra ifrån
• dra igång
• dra ihop
• dra ihop sig
• dra in
• dra med sig
• dra på
• dra på sig
• dra på trissor
• dra samman
• dra sig
• dra till
• dra till sig
• dra upp
• dra ut
• dra över
• dragare
• fördra
• föredra
• hårdra
• indra
• sammandra
• uppdra
• ådra

 

See also

• släpa

References

• dra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• dar, rad

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English drawen, from Old English dragan, from Proto-West Germanic *dragan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾɔː/
• Homophone: draugh

Verb

dra

1. to draw
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 59:

     Note will wee dra aaght to-die?

     I don't know will we draw any to-day?

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36