granica
See also: Granica, granicą, and Granicą
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *granica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡranʲit͡sa]
Noun
granica f
- 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
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “granica”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “granica”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *granica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡraˈɲi.t͡sa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -it͡sa
- Syllabification: gra‧ni‧ca
- Homophone: Granica
Noun
granica f
- border; frontier
- (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 |
Derived terms
adjective
- bezgraniczny
adverb
- bezgranicznie
noun
- bezgraniczność
Descendants
- → German: Grenze
Further reading
- granica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- granica in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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): /ɡrǎnit͡sa/
- Hyphenation: gra‧ni‧ca
Noun
grànica f (Cyrillic spelling гра̀ница)
- border
- državna granica ― country border
- preći granicu ― to cross the border
- 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
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
- (archaic) border
Inflection
| 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
Further reading
- “granica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran