hrad

See also: hraď, hřad, hřád, and hřáď

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hrad, from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦrat]
  • Hyphenation: hrad
  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

hrad m inan (diminutive hrádek or hrádeček) (hrádek is a single diminutive and hrádeček is a double diminutive)

  1. castle

Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɣrad/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɦrat/

Noun

hrad m inan (relational adjective hradový)

  1. castle

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: hrad

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦrat]

Noun

hrad m inan (relational adjective hradný, diminutive hrádok)

  1. castle

Declension

Declension of hrad
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativehradhrady
genitivehraduhradov
dativehraduhradom
accusativehradhrady
locativehradehradoch
instrumentalhradomhradmi

Derived terms

  • hradba f
  • hradovitý
  • hradisko n
  • hradište n

Further reading

  • hrad”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025