грамада

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gromada (“heap, pile”). Compare Russian грома́да (gromáda).

• грама́да: IPA^(key): [ɣraˈmada]
• грамада́: IPA^(key): [ɣramaˈda]

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грама́да • (hramáda) f inan (genitive грама́ды, nominative plural грама́ды, genitive plural грама́д)

1. bulk, mass, colossus (any single thing of gigantic size)

   Synonym: гмах (hmax)

2. pile, heap (a large quantity of things)

   Synonyms: бе́зліч (bjézlič), про́цьма (prócʹma)

грамада́ • (hramadá) f inan (genitive грамады́, nominative plural грама́ды, genitive plural грама́д, diminutive грама́дка)

1. flock, troop, bunch, group

   Synonyms: гурт (hurt), нато́ўп (natóŭp)

   • 1858, Вінцэсь Каратынскі, Найяснѣйшаму Яго Милосьци Гаспадару Императару Александру Микалаявичу…, Wilno: Kommissja Archeologiczna Wileńska, page 1:

     Дру́жно, грама́до, въ серде́чнуй ахво́цѣ, / Ду́хамъ наси́лки на пле́чы узьдзѣ́нь! / Охъ! то́лько но́чу неспо́рно въ рабо́цѣ. / Узыдзи́ намъ, со́вняйко! прывядзи́ намъ дзѣнь!

     Together, brigade, with hearty enthusiasm and willpower, load the stretchers onto your shoulders! Oh, but it's inconvenient to work at night. Sun, rise for us! Bring us the day!

   • 1932, Ciška Hartny, На перагібе (Цішка Гартны. Творы; 3), Менск: ДВБ, page 223:

     Грамада людзей, што чакала трамваю, зарухала, замітусілася і напёрла к рэйкам; Рыгор трымаўся Ганны, супыняючы натоўп.

     Hramada ljudzjej, što čakala tramvaju, zaruxala, zamitusilasja i napjórla k rejkam; Ryhór trymaŭsja Hanny, supynjajučy natóŭp.

     The group of people awaiting for the tram became agitated, bustling and pushing towards the rails; Ryhor was making an effort not to get separated from Hanna in the crowd.

2. (historical) community of village level in Belarus and Ukraine before 1920s

   Synonym: абшчы́на (abščýna)

   • 1855, Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich, Wieczernice, Mińsk: Nakładem i drukiem Jokiela Dworca, page 38:

     Załataja cacka heta obraz Lady, / Jaje ab dabytak wołasnaj hramady / Prasicie dzietki.

     This golden toy depicts Lada. Children, plead to her for the prosperity of the volost community.

• “грамада” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “грамада”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “громада”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 7 (гляденье – девичество), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 170

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gromada. Synchronically, from *гра́ма (*gráma, “stack”) +‎ -ада (-ada).

• IPA^(key): [ɡrɐˈmadɐ]
• Hyphenation: гра‧ма‧да

грама́да • (gramáda) f (relational adjective грама́ден)

1. mass, bulk, heap (large stockpile)
2. crag, mound (large rock)
3. (figurative) giant, colossus (large person or creature)

• граму́да (gramúda, “clod”) (dialectal)

• “грамада”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “грамада”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “грама́да”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 244
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “грамада”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 272

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gromada.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡramada]
• Hyphenation: гра‧ма‧да

грамада • (gramada) f (plural грамади)

1. (dated) pile, heap