градъ

Old Church Slavonic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑdʊ/
Syllabification: гра‧дъ

Etymology 1

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градъ

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰ-os, from *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with English yard.

Noun

градъ • (gradŭ) m (diminutive градьць, related adjective градьнъ or градьскъ)

town, city (settlement)
Synonym: остоꙗниѥ (ostojanije)

без града ― bez grada ― (a man) without home

вьсь и градъ ― vĭsĭ i gradŭ ― village and town/city

икониискъ градъ ― ikoniiskŭ gradŭ ― city of Konya/Iconium

исаѵрьскъ градъ ― isavrĭskŭ gradŭ ― city of Isauria

константин҄ь градъ ― konstantinʹĭ gradŭ ― city of Constantinople

ник҄еискъ градъ ― nikʹeiskŭ gradŭ ― city of Nicaea

римьскъ градъ ― rimĭskŭ gradŭ ― Roman town/city

поустъ градъ ― pustŭ gradŭ ― abandoned town/city

цѣсарь градъ ― cěsarĭ gradŭ ― imperial seat
- 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Matthew 9:35:
  ῾Ⰺ ⱂⱃⱁⱈⱁⰶⰴⰰⱎⰵ ⰻⱄ҃ⱏ ⰳⱃⰰⰴⱏⰹ ⰲⱐⱄⱔ ⰻ ⰲⱐⱄⰻ ·
  [῾Ꙇ прохождаше ис҃ъ градꙑ вьсѧ и вьси ·]
  ῾I proxoždaše is:ŭ grady vĭsę i vĭsi ·
  And Jesus went through all the towns and villages
- 11th century, Psalterium Sinaiticum (in Glagolitic), Book of Psalms 106:7:
  (please add the Glagolitic text of this quotation)
  [наведе ѩ на пѫтъ правъ • въніті въ градъ обитѣльнъи]
  navede ję na pǫtŭ pravŭ • vŭniti vŭ gradŭ obitělĭny
  he led them by a straight way to an inhabited city
town, city (people living in town, city)
- 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Matthew 8:34:
  ⰺ ⱄⰵ ⰲⰵⱄⱐ ⰳⱃⰰⰴⱏ ⰻⰸⰻⰴⱘ ⱂⱃⱁⱅⰻⰲⱘ ⰻⱄ҃ⰲⰻ ·
  [ꙇ се весь градъ изидѫ противѫ ис҃ви]
  i se vesĭ gradŭ izidǫ protivǫ is:vi
  Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus
city walls
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 204, line 9:
  саторнинъ же имѣаше село вьнѣ града
  satorninŭ že iměaše selo vĭně grada
  that Saturninus had a village outside of the city walls
garden, park (outdoor area containing one or more types of plants)
Synonym: врьтъ (vrĭtŭ)
- 11th century, Sava's book (in Old Cyrillic), Gospel of John 18:26:
  не азъ ли тѧ видѣхъ въ градѣ
  ne azŭ li tę viděxŭ vŭ gradě
  Didn’t I see you in the garden?
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 301, line 11:
  ꙗкоже въ градѣ ни смокꙑ бѫдетъ· ни дѫбъ никакъже многꙑѧ ради топлотꙑ и соухотꙑ·
  jakože vŭ gradě ni smoky bǫdetŭ· ni dǫbŭ nikakŭže mnogyę radi toploty i suxoty·
  that in the garden there will be no figs or any trees because of the great heat and dryness

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

Alternative forms

ⰳⱃⰰⰴⱏ (gradŭ) — Glagolitic

Derived terms

nouns

възграждениѥ (vŭzgraždenije)
градьникъ (gradĭnikŭ)
ограда (ograda)
приградъ (prigradŭ)
свѧтъ градъ (svętŭ gradŭ)

verbs

възградити pf (vŭzgraditi)
възграждати impf (vŭzgraždati)
градити impf (graditi)
заградити pf (zagraditi)
оградити pf (ograditi)

adjectives

заградьнъ (zagradĭnŭ)

adverbs

градьскꙑ (gradĭsky)

Descendants

Bulgarian: град (grad)
Macedonian: град (grad)
→ Old East Slavic: градъ (gradŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: градъ (hrad)
  - Belarusian: град (hrad) (obsolete)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: град (hrad)
  - Ukrainian: град (hrad) (archaic or poetic)
- Russian: град (grad) (archaic or poetic)
→ Old Novgorodian: граде (grade)

References

“градъ1”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
Havlová, Eva, editor (1994), “gradъ₁”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 4 (gostь – istonǫti), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 198

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gràdъ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₃d-. Cognate with Latin grandō, Lithuanian grúodas and Old Armenian կարկուտ (karkut).

Noun

градъ • (gradŭ) m

(meteorology) hail (balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation)
- 11th century, Psalterium Sinaiticum (in Glagolitic), Book of Psalms 77:47:
  (please add the Glagolitic text of this quotation)
  [ꙇзбі градомь віна ꙇхъ]
  izbi gradomĭ vina ixŭ
  he destroyed their vineyards with hail

Declension

Declension of градъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	градъ gradŭ	— —	— —
genitive	града grada	— —	— —
dative	градоу gradu	— —	— —
accusative	градъ gradŭ	— —	— —
instrumental	градомъ gradomŭ	— —	— —
locative	градѣ gradě	— —	— —
vocative	граде grade	— —	— —

Descendants

Bulgarian: град (grad)
Macedonian: град (grad)

References

“градъ2”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
Havlová, Eva, editor (1994), “gradъ₂”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 4 (gostь – istonǫti), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 199