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    Plurals...

    Hello, I want to translate friend into plural, but I am unclear on whether it goes from Drug to Drugi - and what letter there, or to druzba...
    I would have thought drugi, based on what I read from grammar forums, but I have only seen druzba in the internet dictionaries that work...

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    Re: Plurals...

    Друзья́ (droo-z'ya)
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    Re: Plurals...

    Yes,

    друг (droog) "firend" - друзья (droo-Z'YAH) "friends"

    дружба (DROOZH-ba) means "friendship"

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    Re: Plurals...

    Drugi (други) is also possible, but it's elevated and old-fashioned.
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    Re: Plurals...

    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    Drugi (други) is also possible, but it's elevated and old-fashioned.
    And quite rare.
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    Re: Plurals...

    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    Drugi (други) is also possible, but it's elevated and old-fashioned.
    Droug (дроугъ) is also possible... but only a few hundreds years ago.
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    Re: Plurals...

    Quote Originally Posted by delog
    Droug (дроугъ) is also possible... but only a few hundreds years ago.
    дроугъ - word is the same as modern word just is written with old orthography. оу - is digraph (not 2 letters!) early used instead of the modern у
    But дроузи was a plural form and is indeed another word as modern one

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    Re: Plurals...

    Quote Originally Posted by Zaya
    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    Drugi (други) is also possible, but it's elevated and old-fashioned.
    And quite rare.
    Not at all! It is very frequently used. Only in Bulgarian:

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