град

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old Belarusian градъ (hrad), from Old East Slavic градъ (gradŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gradъ.

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Noun

град • (hrad) m inan (genitive гра́ду, uncountable)

1. (meteorology) hail

Declension

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “град”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “град”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos.

Noun

град • (grad) m (relational adjective гра́дски)

1. town, city

Declension

See also

• се́ло n (sélo)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *gradъ, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₃d- or *ǵʰreh₃d-.

Noun

град • (grad) m

1. hail, hailstorm

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

град • (grad) m

1. grad (unit of measurement)

Declension

Anagrams

• гард (gard), драг (drag)

Macedonian

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• Hyphenation: град

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ.

Noun

град • (grad) m (plural градови, relational adjective градски, diminutive гратче or градец, augmentative градиште)

1. city, town

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Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• општина f (opština)
• село n (selo)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gradъ.

Noun

град • (grad) m (uncountable)

1. hail (balls of ice)

Declension

See also

• дожд m (dožd)
• снег m (sneg)

References

• “град” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Anagrams

• гард (gard), драг (drag)

Russian

Alternative forms

• градъ (grad) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic градъ (gradŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gradъ.

Cognate with Lithuanian gruodas (Proto-Balto-Slavic *grōda-), Latin grandō, Old Armenian կարկուտ (karkut), Sanskrit ह्रादुनि (hrāduni, “hail”) and possibly with English grind.

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Noun

град • (grad) m inan (genitive гра́да, uncountable, diminutive гра́дик)

1. (meteorology) hail

   Град идёт ― Grad idjót ― It’s hailing.

2. volley, shower

   град пуль ― grad pulʹ ― hail of bullets

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic градъ (gradŭ), which is a reflex of Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ. Doublet of го́род (górod), which was normally inherited by pleophony. Old Church Slavonic word shows liquid metathesis characteristic of South Slavic area.

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Noun

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

2. (poetic, archaic) town, city, used as a common city name suffix (Волгоград, Калининград, Ленинград)

   стольный град ― stolʹnyj grad ― capital (city) (modern Russian: столи́ца (stolíca))

   Synonym: (regular term) го́род (górod)

Declension

Derived terms

• атомгра́д (atomgrád)

Related terms

• го́род (górod)
• -град (-grad)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrâːd/

Noun

гра̑д m (Latin spelling grȃd)

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

Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gradъ, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₃d- or *ǵʰreh₃d-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrâd/

Noun

гра̏д m (Latin spelling grȁd)

1. hail

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed 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

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Ukrainian градъ (hrad), from Old East Slavic градъ (gradŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gradъ.

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Noun

град • (hrad) m inan (genitive гра́ду, nominative plural гра́ди, genitive plural гра́дів)

1. (meteorology) hail

Declension

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “град”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “град”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)