hranica

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak hranica, from Proto-Slavic *granìca. Cognate with Czech hranice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦraɲit͡sa]
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa
  • Hyphenation: hra‧ni‧ca

Noun

hranica f (relational adjective hraničný, diminutive hranička)

  1. border (a line separating certain administrative units, territories)
    Hranica medzi Bieloruskom a Poľskom bola militarizovaná, aby sa zabránilo vstupu nelegálnych imigrantov do Poľska.
    The border between Belarus and Poland has been militarized to prevent illegal immigrants from entering Poland.

Declension

Declension of hranica
(pattern ulica)
singularplural
nominativehranicahranice
genitivehranicehraníc
dativehranicihraniciam
accusativehranicuhranice
locativehranicihraniciach
instrumentalhranicouhranicami

Further reading

  • hranica”, 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, 2003–2025

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *granìca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʀanit͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -anit͡sa
  • Hyphenation: hra‧ni‧ca
  • Syllabification: hra‧ni‧ca

Noun

hranica f (related adjective hranicowy or hraničny)

  1. border (line that territorially delimits a State, establishing its extension)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • hranicowy
  • hraničny
nouns
  • hranicar m pers
  • hranicarka f

References