Гродна

Belarusian

герб Гродна

Alternative forms

• Hrodna — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet), 2000–2023 Instruction on transliteration of Belarusian geographical names with letters of Latin script

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɣrodna]

Proper noun

Гро́дна • (Hródna) n inan (genitive Гро́дна, uncountable, relational adjective гро́дзенскі)

1. Grodno, Hrodna (the capital city of the Grodno region, Belarus)

   Synonyms: (Taraškievica) Го́радня (Hóradnja), (Taraškievica, poetic) Гаро́дня (Haródnja)

   • 1916, “Hrodnia”, in Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, editor, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, page 185:

     Hrodnia lažyć na prawym bierazi Niomana i pa abodwych bierahoch Haradničanki.

     Hrodna is located on the right bank of the Neman River and on both banks of the Haradničanka River.

   • 1945, Міхась Клімковіч, “Георгій Скарына”, in Драматычныя паэмы, Minsk: ДВБ, published 1947, page 67:

     Сцяў гродзенскага ваяводу? Ты не чуў / Як прозвішча яго? Мой бацька быў у Гродні…

     Scjaŭ hródzjenskaha vajavódu? Ty nje čuŭ / Jak prózvišča jahó? Moj bacʹka byŭ u Hródni…

     Has the voivode of Hrodna been really beheaded? Have you heard what his surname was? My father was in Hrodna…

2. Grodno, Hrodna (a region of Belarus)

Declension

Declension of Гро́дна (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Гро́дна Hródna
genitive	Гро́дна Hródna
dative	Гро́дну Hródnu
accusative	Гро́дна Hródna
instrumental	Гро́днам Hródnam
locative	Гро́дне Hródnje

Derived terms

• Гро́дзеншчына f (Hródzjenščyna)
• гро́дзенскі m (hródzjenski)

References

• “Гродна” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• «Гродна» alias “Hrodna”^{Łacinka / UNGEGN} in Valancina Piatroŭna Lemciuhova, editor (2004), Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць [The names of the settlements of the Republic of Belarus: Hrodna Oblast] (in Belarusian), Мінск [Minsk]: Тэхналогія [Texnalóhija], →ISBN, page 161