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град

град

See also: гряд

Bulgarian

Noun

град (grad) m

  1. town, city
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *gradъ, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₃d-.

Noun

град (grad) m

  1. hail, hailstorm
Inflection

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Macedonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gordъ (settlement, enclosed place).

Noun

град (grad) m

  1. city, town
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *gradъ.

Noun

град (grad) m

  1. hail
Inflection

Russian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gradъ, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₃d-. Cognate with Limburgish grúodas (Proto-Balto-Slavic *grōda-), Latin grandō, Old Armenian կարկուտ (karkut), Old Indic *hrādúniṣ, and possibly with English grind.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡrat]

Noun

град (grad) m inan (genitive гра́да, uncountable)

  1. (meteorology) hail
    Град идётGrad idjót ― It’s hailing.
  2. volley, shower
    град пульgrad pulʹ ― hail of bullets
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Old Church Slavonic градъ (grádŭ), which is a reflex of Proto-Slavic *gordъ (settlement, enclosed place), whence also Russian го́род (górod) was normally inherited by pleophony. Old Church Slavonic word shows liquid metathesis characteristic of South Slavic area.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡrat]

Noun

град (grad) m inan (genitive гра́да, nominative plural гра́ды, genitive plural гра́дов)

  1. (pоetic, antiquated) town, city, used as a common city name suffix (Волгоград, Калининград, Ленинград)
    стольный градstolʹnyj grad ― capital (city) (modern Russian: столица (stolica))
Declension
Related terms

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Latin gradus.

Noun

град. (grad.) m inan (indeclinable)

  1. abbreviation of гра́дус (grádus, degree)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gordъ (settlement, enclosed place), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gordos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos, *ǵʰortós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrâːd/

Noun

гра̑д m (Latin spelling grȃd)

  1. city, town
  2. fortress, castle
  3. (usually after the proposition у) downtown, city centre
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *gradъ, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₃d-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrâd/

Noun

гра̏д m (Latin spelling grȁd)

  1. hail
Declension

Etymology 3

From Latin gradus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrâːd/

Noun

гра̑д m (Latin spelling grȃd)

  1. (mathematics) gradian
  2. degree (measuring unit in various systems; the more usual and general term is сте̏пе̄н or сту̑пањ)
Declension