грана

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See also: граня

Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

гра́на (gránam inan

  1. genitive singular of гран (gran)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grana (cognate with dialectal or obsolete Bulgarian гран (gran)/гранка (granka)), from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with German Granne (awn), Old English granu (moustache) and Old Norse grǫn (a pine tree) (whence Danish gran (spruce)). Compare Old Norse grein (branch) (whence Danish gren).

Pronunciation

Noun

гра́на f (Latin spelling grána)

  1. branch
    сломљена гранаa broken branch
    боље врабац у руци него голуб на граниa bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
  2. field, branch
    грана знаности/наукеa branch of science
    туризам је стратешка господарска гранаTourism is a strategic branch of the economy.

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References

  • грана”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024