град

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

• IPA^(key): [ɣrat]

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

1. (meteorology) hail (balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm)
   • 1927, Алесь Гародня, На крэсах, Minsk: Выданьне ЦБ Маладняка, page 55:

     Паабапал дарогі гнуліся да зямлі панурныя каласы зьбітага градам жыта.

     Paabapal daróhi hnulisja da zjamli panurnyja kalasy zʹbitaha hradam žyta.

     Beaten by the hail, dusky ears of rye bent toward the ground on both sides of the road.

2. hail (a rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects)
   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 267:

     Не менш раззлаваны быў маёр, калі апранаўся к абеду: у часе гэтай працэдуры на цёмнаскурага слугу сыпаўся град усялякіх прадметаў, пачынаючы з бота, канчаючы шчоткай для прычэсвання і ўключаючы ўсё, што трапляла пад руку яго гаспадара.

     Nje mjenš razzlavany byŭ majór, kali apranaŭsja k abjedu: u časje hetaj pracedury na cjómnaskuraha sluhu sypaŭsja hrad usjaljakix pradmjetaŭ, pačynajučy z bóta, kančajučy ščótkaj dlja pryčesvannja i ŭključajučy ŭsjo, što trapljala pad ruku jahó haspadara.

     [original: Nor was the Major less exasperated as he dressed for dinner, during which operation the dark servant underwent the pelting of a shower of miscellaneous objects, varying in size from a boot to a hairbrush, and including everything that came within his master’s reach.]

   • 1940 [1826], James Fenimore Cooper, anonymous translator, Апошні з магікан, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Last of the Mohicans, page 96:

     І зноў з лясных гушчараў вырваўся дзікі, люты крык, і свінцовы град засвістаў над галавамі асаджаных;

     I znoŭ z ljasnyx huščaraŭ vyrvaŭsja dziki, ljuty kryk, i svincóvy hrad zasvistaŭ nad halavami asadžanyx;

     [original: Once more the savage yells burst out of the woods, and the leaden hail whistled above the heads of the besieged]

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “градъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 7 (гляденье – девичество), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 130
• “град”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “град” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

• IPA^(key): [ɡrat]

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

град • (grad) m (relational adjective гра́дски)

1. town, city

• гради́на f (gradína, “garden”, noun)
• градище n (gradište, noun)
• гра́дски (grádski, “civic, town, urban”, adjective)
• огра́да f (ográda, “fence”, noun)
• сгра́да f (sgráda, “building”, noun)

• се́ло n (sélo)

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

град • (grad) m

1. hail, hailstorm

град • (grad) m

1. grad (unit of measurement)

• гард (gard), драг (drag)

• IPA^(key): [ɡrat]

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• Hyphenation: град

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ.

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

1. city, town

• општина f (opština)
• село n (selo)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gradъ.

град • (grad) m (uncountable)

1. hail (balls of ice)

• дожд m (dožd)
• снег m (sneg)

• “град” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

• гард (gard), драг (drag)

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

• IPA^(key): [ɡrat]
• Rhymes: -at

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 (hrādúni, “hail”) and possibly with English grind.

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

1. (meteorology) hail

   Град идёт ― Grad idjót ― It’s hailing.

2. (by extension) deluge, hail, shower (overwhelming flow or barrage of something)

   град пуль ― grad pulʹ ― hail of bullets

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.

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)

• атомгра́д (atomgrád)

• го́род (górod)
• -град (-grad)

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡrâːd/

гра̑д m inan (Latin spelling grȃd)

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

• “град”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡrâd/

гра̏д m inan (Latin spelling grȁd)

1. hail

   Synonym: ту̏ча

• “град”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from Latin gradus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrâːd/

гра̑д m inan (Latin spelling grȃd)

1. (mathematics) gradian
2. degree (measuring unit in various systems; the more usual and general term is сте̏пе̄н or сту̑пањ)

• “град”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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

• IPA^(key): [ɦrad]

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

1. (meteorology) hail

• 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 [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)