грош

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

грош (grošm

  1. grosz, groschen
  2. penny, cent, farthing, coin

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish grosz, from German Groschen, from Medieval Latin denarius grossus.

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Noun

грош (grošm inan (genitive гро́ша, nominative plural гро́ши, genitive plural гро́шей, relational adjective грошево́й) (currency)
грош (grošm inan (genitive гроша́, nominative plural гроши́, genitive plural гроше́й, relational adjective грошо́вый) (idiomatic)

  1. (dated) half-kopeck coin
  2. grosz
  3. groschen
  4. (figuratively) penny, cent, farthing, small amount of money, peanuts (pl: гроши́ (groší))
    без гроша́bez grošápenniless, broke
    ни гроша́ni grošánot a stiver / farthing

Usage notes

  • In the numismatic sense the stem is stressed, in the idiomatic sense the ending is stressed.

Declension

currency

idiomatic

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Buryat: гороошо (goroošo), гороосо (gorooso)
  • Ingrian: groošša

See also

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish grosz, from German Groschen, from Medieval Latin denarius grossus. Doublet of гріш (hriš).

Pronunciation

Noun

грош (hrošm inan (genitive гро́ша, nominative plural гро́ші, genitive plural гро́шів)

  1. grosz (A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.)
  2. (historical) groschen (former unit of currency, worth 1100 of an Austrian schilling)

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Further reading

  • Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “грош”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN