граница

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *granica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡranit͡sɐ]

Noun

гра́ница • (gránica) f

1. border, boundary, frontier (the line or frontier area separating regions)

   зад гра́ница ― zad gránica ― abroad Literally, “behind a border”

2. limit, bound

   в гра́ниците на ― v gránicite na ― within the limits of

Declension

Declension of гра́ница

	singular	plural
indefinite	гра́ница gránica	гра́ници gránici
definite	гра́ницата gránicata	гра́ниците gránicite

Related terms

• гранича (graniča)
• ограничавам (ograničavam)
• ограничение (ograničenie)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡrɐˈnit͡sɐ]

Noun

грани́ца • (graníca) f

1. (dialectal) sessile oak

   Synonym: гору́н (gorún)

Declension

Declension of грани́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	грани́ца graníca	грани́ци graníci
definite	грани́цата granícata	грани́ците granícite

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *granica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡranit͡sa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

граница • (granica) f (plural граници, relational adjective граничен)

1. border

Declension

Declension of граница

	singular	plural
indefinite	граница (granica)	граници (granici)
definite unspecified	границата (granicata)	границите (granicite)
definite proximal	границава (granicava)	границиве (granicive)
definite distal	границана (granicana)	границине (granicine)
vocative	границе (granice)	граници (granici)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic граница (granica) attested in Southern Rus' since 1375 and speculated to be an Old Polish loan, even though there's no scholar consensus, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *granica. The more common Muscovite term was Middle Russian рубежъ (rubež), but it was to some extent displaced, perhaps under Polish and Ruthenian infuence. By surface analysis, грань (granʹ) +‎ -и́ца (-íca).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡrɐˈnʲit͡sə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

грани́ца • (graníca) f inan (genitive грани́цы, nominative plural грани́цы, genitive plural грани́ц)

1. border, boundary, bounds, confines, frontier

   Synonyms: преде́л (predél), рубе́ж (rubéž)

   пересе́чь грани́цу ― pereséčʹ granícu ― to cross the border

Declension

Declension of грани́ца (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	грани́ца graníca	грани́цы granícy
genitive	грани́цы granícy	грани́ц graníc
dative	грани́це graníce	грани́цам granícam
accusative	грани́цу granícu	грани́цы granícy
instrumental	грани́цей, грани́цею granícej, graníceju	грани́цами granícami
prepositional	грани́це graníce	грани́цах granícax

Pre-reform declension of грани́ца (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	грани́ца graníca	грани́цы granícy
genitive	грани́цы granícy	грани́цъ graníc
dative	грани́цѣ granícě	грани́цамъ granícam
accusative	грани́цу granícu	грани́цы granícy
instrumental	грани́цей, грани́цею granícej, graníceju	грани́цами granícami
prepositional	грани́цѣ granícě	грани́цахъ granícax

Related terms

• грани́чить (graníčitʹ)
• граничный (graničnyj)
• заграни́ца (zagraníca)
• заграни́чный (zagraníčnyj)
• неограни́ченный (neograníčennyj)
• ограниче́ние (ograničénije)
• ограни́ченный (ograníčennyj)
• пограни́чник (pograníčnik)
• пограни́чный (pograníčnyj)

 

Descendants

• → Yakut: кыраныысса (kıranııssa)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *granica. Compare гра́на.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrǎnit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: гра‧ни‧ца

Noun

гра̀ница f (Latin spelling grànica)

1. border

   државна граница ― country border

   прећи границу ― to cross the border

2. boundary, limit

   у границама закона ― within the boundaries of law

   прешао си границу! ― You crossed the line!

Declension

Declension of граница

	singular	plural
nominative	граница	границе
genitive	границе	граница
dative	граници	границама
accusative	границу	границе
vocative	границо	границе
locative	граници	границама
instrumental	границом	границама

References

• “граница”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024