дрожжи

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic дрожди (droždi), дрождиꙗ (droždija), from Proto-Slavic *droždžьje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdroʐːɨ] ~ [ˈdroʑːɪ]

• Audio; [ˈdroʐːɨ]:

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• Audio; [ˈdroʑːɪ]:

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Noun

дро́жжи • (dróžži) f inan pl (genitive дрожже́й, plural only, relational adjective дрожжево́й)

1. yeast, barm

Declension

Declension of дро́жжи (inan pl-only fem-form sibilant-stem accent-f) 

	plural
nominative	дро́жжи dróžži
genitive	дрожже́й drožžéj
dative	дрожжа́м drožžám
accusative	дро́жжи dróžži
instrumental	дрожжа́ми drožžámi
prepositional	дрожжа́х drožžáx

Pre-reform declension of дро́жжи (inan pl-only fem-form sibilant-stem accent-f) 

	plural
nominative	дро́жжи dróžži
genitive	дрожже́й drožžéj
dative	дрожжа́мъ drožžám
accusative	дро́жжи dróžži
instrumental	дрожжа́ми drožžámi
prepositional	дрожжа́хъ drožžáx

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрожжи”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress