ґраньче
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
From ґранє (granje) + -че (-če).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡraɲt͡ʃɛ]
- Rhymes: -aɲt͡ʃɛ
- Hyphenation: ґрань‧че
Noun
ґраньче (granʹče) n
- (colloquial) dry twig
- Synonyms: сухи конарчок (suxi konarčok), сухар (suxar)
- (colloquial, collective) dry twigs
- Synonyms: сухи конарчки (suxi konarčki), сухари (suxari)
- 2025 April 18, Л. Вереш, “Окремна файта щесца”, in Руске Слово[1]:
- Хаснує ище сатински нїтки у пастелних фарбох, штучни, алє нїжни квецики и природни деталї, як цо то ґраньча.
- Xasnuje išče satinski njitki u pastelnix farbox, štučni, alje njižni kveciki i prirodni detalji, jak co to granʹča.
- She also uses satin threads in pastel colours, artificial, but delicate florets and natural details, like dry twigs.
Usage notes
- Note that despite being suffixed with -че (-če), the baby animal suffix, this term inflects as a regular neuter noun, i.e. the genitive singular and nominative plural being ґраньча (granʹča) instead of respectively *ґраньчеца (*granʹčeca) and *ґраньчата (*granʹčata). Contrast this with помаранче (pomaranče), which despite not being a baby animal, declines with the baby animal paradigm.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ґраньче (granʹče) | ґраньча (granʹča) |
| genitive | ґраньча (granʹča) | ґраньчох (granʹčox) |
| dative | ґраньчу (granʹču) | ґраньчом (granʹčom) |
| accusative | ґраньче (granʹče) | ґраньча (granʹča) |
| instrumental | ґраньчом (granʹčom) | ґраньчами (granʹčami) |
| locative | ґраньчу (granʹču) | ґраньчох (granʹčox) |
| vocative | ґраньче (granʹče) | ґраньча (granʹča) |
References
- Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “ґраньче”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy