град

See also: гряд

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrat/

Etymology 1

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

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

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), Sanskrit ह्रादुनि (hrāduni, “hail”) 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
Declension of град (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative гра́д
grád
genitive гра́да
gráda
dative гра́ду
grádu
accusative гра́д
grád
instrumental гра́дом
grádom
prepositional гра́де
gráde

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic градъ (gradŭ), which is a reflex of Proto-Slavic *gordъ (“settlement, enclosed place”). Doublet of го́род (górod) which 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. (poetic, antiquated) town, city, used as a common city name suffix (Волгоград, Калининград, Ленинград)
    стольный град ― stolʹnyj grad ― capital (city) (modern Russian: столица (stolica))
Declension
Declension of град (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative гра́д
grád		 гра́ды
grády
genitive гра́да
gráda		 гра́дов
grádov
dative гра́ду
grádu		 гра́дам
grádam
accusative гра́д
grád		 гра́ды
grády
instrumental гра́дом
grádom		 гра́дами
grádami
prepositional гра́де
gráde		 гра́дах
grádax

Etymology 3

Borrowed 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 *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
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