градъ

Old Church Slavonic

Бѣлъградъ 1684

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gardas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰ-os, from *gʰerdʰ-.

Noun

градъ • (gradŭ) m

1. fortification, castle
   • from Vita Constantini, 0801900-0801910:

     Козарꙿскꙑ же воѥвода съ вои шьдь ѡбьстоупꙇи христꙇанꙿскꙑ градь и ѡплете се ѡ нѥмь.

     Kozarꙿsky že vojevoda sŭ voi šĭdĭ obĭstupii xristianꙿsky gradĭ i oplete se o njemĭ.

     A Khazar commander came with his troops, surrounded a certain Christian city, and laid siege to it.

2. city, town

Declension

Declension of градъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	градъ gradŭ	града grada	гради gradi
genitive	града grada	градоу gradu	градъ gradŭ
dative	градоу gradu	градома gradoma	градомъ gradomŭ
accusative	градъ gradŭ	града grada	градꙑ grady
instrumental	градомъ gradomŭ	градома gradoma	градꙑ grady
locative	градѣ gradě	градоу gradu	градѣхъ graděxŭ
vocative	граде grade	града grada	гради gradi

Derived terms

• безградьникъ (bezgradĭnikŭ)
• Бѣлградъ (Bělgradŭ)
• виноградъ (vinogradŭ)
• въградити (vŭgraditi)
• възградити (vŭzgraditi)
• градити (graditi)
• градьникъ (gradĭnikŭ)
• градьнъ (gradĭnŭ)
• градьць (gradĭcĭ)
• гражданинъ (graždaninŭ)
• граждение (graždenie)
• заградити (zagraditi)
• заградьнъ (zagradĭnŭ)
• ограда (ograda)
• оградити (ograditi)
• оградъ (ogradŭ)
• ограждати (ograždati)
• ограждение (ograždenie)
• приградъ (prigradŭ)
• прѣграда (prěgrada)
• прѣградити (prěgraditi)
• прѣграждение (prěgraždenie)
• Цѣсарь Градъ (Cěsarĭ Gradŭ)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: град (grad)
• Russian: град (grad)

Etymology 2

градъ

From Proto-Slavic *gradъ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₃d-. Cognate with Latin grandō, Lithuanian gruodas and Old Armenian կարկուտ (karkut).

Noun

градъ • (gradŭ) m

1. hail