/ɡrǎːna/
PodrijetloInherited from Proto-Slavic *grana (cognate with dialectal or obsolete Bulgarian гран (gran)/гранка (granka)), from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with German Granne (“awn”), Old English granu (“moustache”) and Old Norse grǫn (“a pine tree”) ( > Danish gran (“spruce”)). Compare Old Norse grein (“branch”) ( > Danish gren).
- branch
“slomljena grana” — a broken branch
“bolje vrabac u ruci nego golub na grani” — a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- field, branch
“grana znanosti/nauke” — a branch of science
“Turizam je strateška gospodarska grana.” — Tourism is a strategic branch of the economy.
Oblicigrána(canonical, feminine) · гра́на(Cyrillic) · grána(nominative, singular) · grȃne(nominative, plural) · gránē(genitive, singular) · gránā(genitive, plural) · grȃni(dative, singular) · grànama(dative, plural) · grȃnu(accusative, singular) · grȃne(accusative, plural) · grȃno(singular, vocative) · grȃne(plural, vocative) · gráni(locative, singular) · grànama(locative, plural) · gránōm(instrumental, singular) · grànama(instrumental, plural)