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

See also

• село n ‎(selo)

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 идёт‎ ― Grad idjót ― It’s hailing.

2. volley, shower

   град пуль‎ ― grad 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 град‎ ― stolʹnyj grad ― capital (city) (modern Russian: столица ‎(stolica))

Declension

Related terms

• го́род ‎(górod)

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