drveni

Drveni is an adjective used in several South Slavic languages, including Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian, meaning “made of wood” or “wooden.” It describes objects, materials, and structures that are primarily wood, such as drveni namještaj (wooden furniture), drveni pod (wooden floor), or drveni most (wooden bridge). The word agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number, following standard adjective declension.

Etymology traces drveni to the noun drvo, meaning “wood,” with a derivational suffix that forms an adjective. The root is common across Slavic languages and can be traced to Proto-Slavic.

Usage and nuance: In everyday language, drveni distinguishes wood from other materials such as metalni (metal), plastični (plastic), stakleni (glass), or kamen (stone). It appears in architectural, carpentry, and furniture descriptions, and in discussions of construction methods or material properties. The neuter form is drveno when describing neuter nouns, and the feminine form is drvena for feminine nouns.

Notes: The term may occur in compound phrases or historical descriptions where wooden construction predominated. It can also appear in place names or historical records describing wooden features or structures. Overall, drveni functions as a straightforward material descriptor used across contexts where wood is the primary material.