are these basically the same?
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are these basically the same?
yes.
But also:
душа - soul
дух - spirit
душа, дух - spirit (like the ghost)
дух is also smell
человек без души, бездушный - heartless
слабый духом, малодушный - fainthearted
великодушный - heartful
душевный - heartly
духовный - spiritual
also the verb дышать is related. Note that 'spirit' and 'breath' are not to far apart in meaning! Cf. inspire, expire.
The underlying stem is something like /d/-vowel-/x/-
with a sound rule that X converts to Ш before certain consonants (there was a /j/ there at one time, I think).
drug-:
historically drug-j#k- becomes друж#к-
Дух also = noob in army slang.
I had wondered about душа/дух also. Thanks for the info! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Leof