granica

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *granica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡranʲit͡sa]

Noun

granica f ?

1. border (line or frontier area separating regions)

Declension

Declension of granica

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	granica	granicy	granice
Genitive	granice	granicowu	granicow
Dative	granicy	granicoma	granicam
Accusative	granicu	granicy	granice
Instrumental	granicu	granicoma	granicami
Locative	granicy	granicoma	granicach

Synonyms

• mjaza

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *granica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈɲi.t͡sa/

• Audio

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Noun

granica f

1. border; frontier
2. (mathematics) limit

Declension

Declension of granica

	singular	plural
nominative	granica	granice
genitive	granicy	granic
dative	granicy	granicom
accusative	granicę	granice
instrumental	granicą	granicami
locative	granicy	granicach
vocative	granico	granice

Descendants

• → German: Grenze

Further reading

• granica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *granica. Compare grána. Related to Lower Sorbian granica, Polish granica, Slovene gránica, Slovak hranica, Czech hranice and German Grenze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrǎnitsa/
• Hyphenation: gra‧ni‧ca

Noun

grànica f (Cyrillic spelling гра̀ница)

1. border

   državna granica ― country border

   preći granicu ― to cross the border

2. boundary, limit

   Unutar granica zakona. ― Within the boundaries of law.

   Prešao si granicu! ― you crossed the line! (literally, “You crossed the limit!”)

Declension

Declension of granica

	singular	plural
nominative	granica	granice
genitive	granice	granica
dative	granici	granicama
accusative	granicu	granice
vocative	granico	granice
locative	granici	granicama
instrumental	granicom	granicama

References

• “granica” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *granica. Related to Lower Sorbian granica, Serbo-Croatian grànica, Polish granica, Slovak hranica, Czech hranice and German Grenze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡráːnit͡sa/

Noun

grȃnica f

1. (archaic) border

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	gránica
gen. sing.	gránice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gránica	gránici	gránice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gránice	gránic	gránic
dative (dajȃlnik)	gránici	gránicama	gránicam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gránico	gránici	gránice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gránici	gránicah	gránicah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gránico	gránicama	gránicami

Synonyms

• mêja