гривна

See also: гривня

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrivnɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ivnɐ
  • Syllabification(key): грив‧на

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grivьna. By surface analysis, гри́ва (gríva, mane) +‎ -на (-na).

Noun

гри́вна • (grívnaf

  1. bracelet, wristband
Declension
Declension of гри́вна
singular plural
indefinite гри́вна
grívna
гри́вни
grívni
definite гри́вната
grívnata
гри́вните
grívnite

References

  • гривна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • гривна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ukrainian гри́вня (hrývnja).

Noun

гри́вна • (grívnaf

  1. (numismatics) hryvnia, grivna (the currency of Ukraine)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrivna]

Noun

гривна • (grivnaf

  1. hryvnia

Declension

Declension of гривна
singular plural
indefinite гривна (grivna) гривни (grivni)
definite unspecified гривната (grivnata) гривните (grivnite)
definite proximal гривнава (grivnava) гривниве (grivnive)
definite distal гривнана (grivnana) гривнине (grivnine)
vocative гривно (grivno) гривни (grivni)

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

гры́вна (hrývna), гри́внꙗ (hrívnja)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic гри́вьна (grívĭna), from Proto-Slavic *grivьna. Equivalent to гри́ва (hríva, mane, neck) +‎ -на (-na).

Noun

гривна • (hrivnaf inan

  1. grivna (unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus)
  2. a type of neck accessory, a torque

Descendants

  • Belarusian: гры́ўня (hrýwnja)
  • Ukrainian: гри́вня (hrývnja, unit of currency and weight), гри́вна (hrývna, a torque)

Further reading

  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “гривна, гривня, грывна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 7 (гляденье – девичество), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 158
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), “гривна, гривня, гривъна, грывна”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 85

Russian

Etymology

From гри́ва (gríva, mane, neck), derived from Proto-Slavic *griva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrʲivnə]

Noun

гри́вна • (grívnaf inan (genitive гри́вны, nominative plural гри́вны, genitive plural гри́вен)

  1. (historical) grivna (unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus)
  2. (obsolete) ten-copeck coin
  3. hryvnia, hryvna, grivna (the currency of Ukraine)

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гривна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian гри́вна (hrívna), from Old East Slavic гри́вьна (grívĭna), from Proto-Slavic *grivьna.

Noun

гри́вна • (hrývnaf inan (genitive гри́вни, nominative plural гри́вни, genitive plural гри́вен)

  1. torque (a type of neck accessory like a necklace)

Declension

Declension of гри́вна
(inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
singular plural
nominative гри́вна
hrývna
гри́вни
hrývny
genitive гри́вни
hrývny
гри́вен
hrýven
dative гри́вні
hrývni
гри́внам
hrývnam
accusative гри́вну
hrývnu
гри́вни
hrývny
instrumental гри́вною
hrývnoju
гри́внами
hrývnamy
locative гри́вні
hrývni
гри́внах
hrývnax
vocative гри́вно
hrývno
гри́вни
hrývny

References