No. 1,192 in Russian
другу
The Russian word "другу" means "to a friend" (dative case).
In a sentence
Я дал книгу своему другу.
I gave the book to my friend.
The word 'другу' is a dative form used to denote the indirect object, meaning 'to my friend'.
Мы всегда идем помогать другу.
We always go to help a friend.
The word 'другу' is in the dative case, showing the beneficiary of the action 'to help'.
Она позвонила другу вчера вечером.
She called a friend yesterday evening.
Here 'другу' is the dative case indicating to whom the action of calling was directed.
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