-drag explained
-drag 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 ; Dragoslava (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")
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