грань

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *granь.

грань (granĭ) (f)

1. side, edge
   • from Vita Constantini:

     естъ же сице прьвъіи грань [...] по семь же дроугъіи грань·

     estŭ že sice prĭvyi granĭ [...] po semĭ že drugyi granĭ·

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

• IPA^(key): [ɡranʲ]

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грань • (granʹ) f inan (genitive гра́ни, nominative plural гра́ни, genitive plural гра́ней, relational adjective гра́нный or грани́чный or гранево́й, diminutive гра́нка or гранёк or гра́ночка)

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, edge

   на гра́ни фо́ла ― na gráni fóla ― almost committing a foul; on the edge of impropriety

4. (mathematics) bound (upper or lower)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “грань”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “грань”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): [ɦranʲ]

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грань • (hranʹ) f inan (genitive гра́ні, nominative plural гра́ні, genitive plural гра́ней)

1. facet, side, basil

• “грань”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]