дрянь

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [drʲænʲ]
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Noun

дрянь • (drjanʹ) f inan, f anim (genitive дря́ни, nominative plural дря́ни, genitive plural дря́ней)

  1. (colloquial) rubbish, trash
    • 1929 – 1940, М. А. Булгаков, Мастер и Маргарита
      Пошёл я купа́ться на Москва́-ре́ку, ну и попя́тили мо́ю одёжу, а э́ту дрянь оста́вили!
      Pošól ja kupátʹsja na Moskvá-réku, nu i popjátili móju odjóžu, a étu drjanʹ ostávili!
      • 1979 translation by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky
        I went for a swim in the Moscow River, so they filched my clothes and left me this trash!
  2. (figuratively, colloquial, animate) rotter, skunk, dirty dog

Declension

Declension of дрянь (bian fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative дря́нь
drjánʹ		 дря́ни
drjáni
genitive дря́ни
drjáni		 дря́ней
drjánej
dative дря́ни
drjáni		 дря́ням
drjánjam
accusative animate

inanimate		 дря́нь
drjánʹ		 дря́ней
drjánej
дря́ни
drjáni
instrumental дря́нью
drjánʹju		 дря́нями
drjánjami
prepositional дря́ни
drjáni		 дря́нях
drjánjax

Derived terms

  • дрянно́й (drjannój)
  • дря́нский (drjánskij)
  • дрянцо́ (drjancó)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дрянь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “дрянь”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 271
  • Trubačev O. N., editor (1978), “*dьranь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 05, Moscow: Nauka, page 217
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