грош

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡrɔʃ]

Noun

грош • (grošm

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

Declension

Declension of грош
singular plural
indefinite грош (groš) грошови (grošovi)
definite unspecified грошот (grošot) грошовите (grošovite)
definite proximal грошов (grošov) грошовиве (grošovive)
definite distal грошон (grošon) грошовине (grošovine)
vocative грошу (grošu) грошови (grošovi)
count form гроша (groša)

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡroʂ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

грош • (grošm inan (genitive гро́ша, nominative plural гро́ши, genitive plural гро́шей, relational adjective грошево́й, diminutive гро́шик) (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

Compounds:

  • в грош не ста́вить (v groš ne stávitʹ), ни в грош не ста́вить (ni v groš ne stávitʹ, to hold cheap, to have little concern for)
  • гроша́ не сто́ит (grošá ne stóit)
    • ло́маного гроша́ не сто́ит (lómanovo grošá ne stóit)
Phrases
  • не́ было ни гроша́, да вдруг алты́н (né bylo ni grošá, da vdrug altýn)

Descendants

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

See also

Further reading

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦrɔʃ]

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)

Declension

Declension of грош
(inan semisoft masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative грош
hroš
гро́ші
hróši
genitive гро́ша
hróša
гро́шів
hróšiv
dative гро́шеві, гро́шу
hróševi, hróšu
гро́шам
hróšam
accusative грош
hroš
гро́ші
hróši
instrumental гро́шем
hróšem
гро́шами
hróšamy
locative гро́шу, гро́ші
hróšu, hróši
гро́шах
hróšax
vocative гро́шу
hróšu
гро́ші
hróši

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