drozd

See also: Drozd and drózd

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech drozd, from Proto-Slavic *drozdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *trasdás, from Proto-Indo-European *trósdos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrost]

Noun

drozd m anim (relational adjective drozdí, diminutive drozdík)

1. thrush (bird)

Declension

Declension of drozd (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	drozd	drozdi, drozdové
genitive	drozda	drozdů
dative	drozdovi, drozdu	drozdům
accusative	drozda	drozdy
vocative	drozde	drozdi, drozdové
locative	drozdovi, drozdu	drozdech
instrumental	drozdem	drozdy

Derived terms

• drozdí

Further reading

• “drozd”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “drozd”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “drozd”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drozdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈdrozd/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈdrost/

Noun

drozd m animal

1. thrush (bird)

Declension

Declension of drozd (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	drozd	drozdy	drozdi, drozdové
genitive	drozda, drozdu	drozdú	drozdóv
dative	drozdu, drozdovi	drozdoma	drozdóm
accusative	drozd, drozda	drozdy	drozdy
vocative	drozde	drozdy	drozdi, drozdové
locative	drozdě, drozdu, drozdovi	drozdú	drozdiech
instrumental	drozdem	drozdoma	drozdy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: drozd

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “drozd”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drozdъ. First attested in the 16th century.

Noun

drozd m inan

1. thrush (bird)

References

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “drozd”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Polish

drozd

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drozdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *trasdás, from Proto-Indo-European *trósdos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔst/

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• Rhymes: -ɔst
• Syllabification: drozd
• Homophones: Drozd, Drost

Noun

drozd m animal

1. thrush (bird)

Declension

Declension of drozd

	singular	plural
nominative	drozd	drozdy
genitive	drozda	drozdów
dative	drozdowi	drozdom
accusative	drozda	drozdy
instrumental	drozdem	drozdami
locative	droździe	drozdach
vocative	droździe	drozdy

Derived terms

adjectives

• drozdowaty
• droździ

nouns

• drozdaczek
• drozdek
• drozdoń
• droździk
• rudodrozd

Further reading

• drozd in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• drozd in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drozdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *trasdás, from Proto-Indo-European *trósdos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drôzd/

Noun

drȍzd m (Cyrillic spelling дро̏зд)

1. thrush (bird)

Declension

Declension of drozd

	singular	plural
nominative	drȍzd	dròzdovi
genitive	dròzda	drozdova
dative	drozdu	drozdovima
accusative	drozda	drozdove
vocative	drozde	drozdovi
locative	drozdu	drozdovima
instrumental	drozdom	drozdovima

Further reading

• “drozd”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak drozd, Proto-Slavic *drozdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [drɔst]

Noun

drozd m animal (female equivalent drozdica, relational adjective drozdí, diminutive drozdík or drozdíček)

1. thrush (bird)

Declension

Declension of drozd (patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))

	singular	plural
nominative	drozd	drozdy
genitive	drozda	drozdov
dative	drozdovi	drozdom
accusative	drozda	drozdy
locative	drozdovi	drozdoch
instrumental	drozdom	drozdmi

Further reading

• “drozd”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dróːst/

Noun

drọ̑zd m anim

1. (rare) Alternative form of drózg

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	drózd
gen. sing.	drózda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	drózd	drózda	drózdi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	drózda	drózdov	drózdov
dative (dajȃlnik)	drózdu	drózdoma	drózdom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	drózda	drózda	drózde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	drózdu	drózdih	drózdih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	drózdom	drózdoma	drózdi

Further reading

• “drozd”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “drozd”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references