-drag (Cyrillic: -драг) and -drog is a common Slavic given name word root, drag meaning "dear, beloved", in single-lexemed and dithematic (two lexemes) names.

Examples

Single-lexeme names

Dithematic names

Prefixed
  • Serbo-Croatian Dragimir, Dragomir (from mir, "peace, world")
  • Serbo-Croatian Dragislav, Dragoslav (m.); Dragoslava (f.) (from slava, "glory, fame")
  • Serbo-Croatian Dragivoj, Dragivoje (from voj, "war")
  • Serbo-Croatian Dragoljub (from ljub, "love, to like")
  • Serbo-Croatian Dragorad (from rad, "happy, eager, to care")
  • Serbo-Croatian Dragosav (from sav, "all, every")
Suffixed
  • Serbo-Croatian Ljubodrag (from ljub, "love, to like")
  • Serbo-Croatian Milidrag, Milodrag (from milo, "love, to like")
  • Serbo-Croatian Miodrag (from mio, "tender, cute")
  • Serbo-Croatian Predrag (from pre, "very, much")
  • Serbo-Croatian Svedrag (from sve, "all")
  • Serbo-Croatian Vojdrag, Vojidrag (from voj, "war")
  • Serbo-Croatian Vukdrag, Vukodrag (from vuk, "wolf")
  • Serbo-Croatian Živodrag (from živo, "living")

See also

References

  • Mate Šimundić (1988). Rječnik osobnih imena. Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske.
  • Milica Grković (1977). Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba. Vuk Karadžić.
  • Radojica Jovičević (1985). Lična imena u staroslovenskom ǰeziku. Filološki fakultet Beogradskog Univerziteta.
  • Katarina Stojanović (2007). Srpska imena: narodna i hrišćanska. Gramatik. ISBN 978-86-84421-51-9.
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