# друг
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* druh — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian другъ (druh), from Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [drux]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ux
* Hyphenation: друг

### Noun

друг • (druh) m pers (genitive дру́га, nominative plural друзья́, genitive plural друзе́й)
* (dated) friend
    Synonyms: ся́бар (sjábar), пры́яцель (prýjacjelʹ)
** 1918, Francišak Alachnovič, Bazylišk, Vilnius: Drukarnia M. Kuchty, page 16:— Moj brat tak sama… Pajšoŭ, — nie wiarnuŭsia!… Jon bolš čym bratam, druham jon byŭ mnie!"And also my brother… Went there,—never came back!… He was more than a brother to me—he was my friend!"
** 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 8:— Дарагая мая Луіза, — прагаварыла міс Токс, — мой любы друг, як вы сябе адчуваеце цяпер?— Darahaja maja Luiza, — prahavaryla mis Toks, — moj ljuby druh, jak vy sjabje adčuvajecje cjapjer?[original: "My dear Louisa then," said Miss Tox, "my sweet friend, how are you now?"]
** 1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 109:Што-ж ён будзе рабіць? Ва ўсім свеце ў яго ёсць адзін друг і абаронца, Майлс Гендон, і ён, натуральна, паспрабуе знайсці свайго друга, калі толькі для гэтага яму не трэба будзе вяртацца ў Лондан і рызыкаваць новымі небяспекамі.Što-ž jon budzje rabicʹ? Va ŭsim svjecje ŭ jahó joscʹ adzin druh i abarónca, Majls Hjendón, i jon, naturalʹna, pasprabuje znajsci svajhó druha, kali tólʹki dlja hetaha jamu nje treba budzje vjartacca ŭ Lóndan i ryzykavacʹ nóvymi njebjaspjekami.[original: What, then, would he do? Never having had a friend in the world, or a protector, until he met Miles Hendon, he would naturally try to find that friend again, provided the effort did not require him to go toward London and danger.]What, then, would he do? Having had only one friend and protector in the world, Miles Hendon, he would naturally try to find his friend, provided the effort did not require him to go toward London and risk new dangers.

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “другъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 83
* “друг”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
* “друг” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Alternative forms

* другъ (drug) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [druk]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic дроугъ (drugŭ), from Proto-Slavic *drugъ.

#### Adjective

друг • (drug)
* other, another, else
* different, new
    Synonym: разли́чен (razlíčen)
    друга версия ― druga versija ― another/different version
    Това е съвсем друга тема.Tova e sǎvsem druga tema.That's quite a different matter.
* opposite, reverse, other
    Synonyms: противополо́жен (protivopolóžen), обра́тен (obráten)
    на другата страна на листаna drugata strana na listaon the reverse side of the page
    на другата страна на стенатаna drugata strana na stenataon the other side of the wall
* next, following
    Synonyms: сле́дващ (slédvašt), и́ден (íden)
    другата седмица ― drugata sedmica ― next week, the coming week
    на другия ден ― na drugija den ― on the next/following day

##### Declension
#### Noun

друг • (drug) m (feminine дру́га)
* another
* (in the plural) others

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic дроугъ (drugŭ), from Proto-Slavic *drugъ.

#### Noun

друг • (drug) m (feminine дру́жка)
* (dated or rare) friend
    Synonyms: прия́тел (prijátel), друга́р (drugár)

##### Declension
### References

* “друг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “друг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [druk]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: друг

### Determiner

друг • (drug)
* other

#### Declension
## Russian
### Alternative forms

* другъ (drug) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [druk]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.

#### Noun

друг • (drug) m anim (genitive дру́га, nominative plural друзья́, genitive plural друзе́й, feminine подру́га, relational adjective дру́жеский, diminutive дружо́к)
* close friend
    Synonyms: прия́тель (prijátelʹ); това́рищ (továrišč); (slang, in social networks or neologism) френд (frɛnd); (slang, especially criminal) ко́реш (kóreš)
    Antonym: враг (vrag)
    Я хочу́ име́ть друзе́й. ― Ja xočú imétʹ druzéj. ― I want to have friends.
    бли́зкий друг ― blízkij drug ― close friend
    стари́нный друг ― starínnyj drug ― very old friend
    друг семьи́ ― drug semʹí ― friend of the family
    друг де́тства ― drug détstva ― childhood friend

##### Declension

$^△$Irregular.

##### Related terms

* подру́га (podrúga, “female friend”), дружо́к (družók), дружо́чек (družóček)
* не́друг (nédrug)
* дру́жный (drúžnyj, “friendly, amicable, personable; harmonious, concurrent, unanimous”), дру́жно (drúžno)
* дру́жеский (drúžeskij), дру́жески (drúžeski), по-дру́жески (po-drúžeski)
* дру́жественный (drúžestvennyj, “amiable, friendly”), дру́жественно (drúžestvenno), дру́жественность (drúžestvennostʹ)
* дружи́ть (družítʹ)
* дру́жка (drúžka), подру́жка (podrúžka), подру́женька (podrúženʹka)
* дру́жба (drúžba, “friendship”), по дру́жбе (po drúžbe)
* дружи́ще (družíšče)
* дружи́на (družína), дружи́нный (družínnyj), дружи́нник (družínnik), дружи́нница (družínnica)
* содру́жество (sodrúžestvo)

##### Descendants

* → English: droog

### Etymology 2

Originally the predicative (short) form of друго́й (drugój, “another”).

#### Noun

друг • (drug) m anim (genitive дру́га, uncountable)
* (in pairs) other, another
    друг в дру́га ― drug v drúga ― one another; each other
    друг дру́га ― drug drúga ― one another; each other
    друг дру́гу ― drug drúgu ― to one another; to each other
    друг за дру́гом ― drug za drúgom ― one after another; in single file
    друг к дру́гу ― drug k drúgu ― to each other
    друг на дру́га ― drug na drúga ― against each other
    друг от дру́га ― drug ot drúga ― one from another
    друг под дру́га ― drug pod drúga ― toward each other
    друг про́тив дру́га ― drug prótiv drúga ― face to face; vis-à-vis
    друг с дру́гом ― drug s drúgom ― with each other
    друг у дру́га ― drug u drúga ― at one another; from one another

##### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /drûːɡ/

### Noun

друг m (Latin spelling drug)
* friend
    Synonym: при̏јатељ
* comrade

#### Derived terms

* дру́га
* дру̀га̄р
* друго̀вати
* дру̀жба
* дру̏жбенӣк
* дружељу̀бив
* дру̀жина
* дру́жити
* дру̀жица
* дру̀шкан
* дру́штво

#### Related terms

* друга̀рица
* дру́га
* дру̀жица

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draugás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [druɦ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

друг • (druh) m pers (genitive дру́га, nominative plural дру́зі, genitive plural дру́зів, feminine по́друга)
* friend, companion

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “друг”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka