грань

See also: грянь

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *granь.

Noun

грань • (granĭ) f

  1. side, edge
    • from Vita Constantini:
      естъ же сице прьвъіи грань [...] по семь же дроугъіи грань·
      estŭ že sice prĭvŭii granĭ [...] po semĭ že drugŭii granĭ·
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Declension

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic грань (granĭ), from Proto-Slavic *granь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡranʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

грань • (granʹ) f inan (genitive гра́ни, nominative plural гра́ни, genitive plural гра́ней)

  1. facet, side (of an object with flat, sharply defined surfaces)
    Synonyms: фа́ска (fáska); (surface) пове́рхность (povérxnostʹ)
  2. (geometry) face (of a polyhedron)
  3. (figuratively) border, verge, brink
  4. (mathematics) bound (upper or lower)

Declension

Further reading

  • грань in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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