hrad
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech hrad, from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hrad m inan (diminutive hrádek or hrádeček) (hrádek is a single diminutive and hrádeček is a double diminutive)
Usage notes edit
- The word hrad is used for castles whose main function seems to be defence, while zámek is used for those whose main function seems to be ostentation. For example, the castles of King Edward in Gwynedd are hrady, while the Loire Valley castles are zámky. The difference can be subjective, so that for example Windsor Castle can be called by either term by different speakers.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Old Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hrad m inan
Declension edit
Declension of hrad (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | hrad | hrady | hradi, hradové |
genitive | hrada, hradu | hradú | hradóv |
dative | hradu | hradoma | hradóm |
accusative | hrad | hrady | hrady |
vocative | hrade | hrady | hradi, hradové |
locative | hradě, hradu | hradú | hradiech |
instrumental | hradem | hradoma | hrady |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants edit
- Czech: hrad
Further reading edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “hrad”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hrad m inan (genitive singular hradu, nominative plural hrady, genitive plural hradov, declension pattern of dub, diminutive hrádok)
Declension edit
Declension of hrad
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “hrad”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024