groba
Galician
Etymology
Attested as (illa) grova in Medieval Latin local documents. From Suevic or Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “dugout, hole, cave”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“cavity, pit”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”).[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔba
- Hyphenation: gro‧ba
Noun
groba f (plural grobas)
- ravine, defile
- Synonym: quenlla
- groove; long and deep depression in the terrain (frequently applied to old Roman open air mines and Iron Age hill-fort ditches)
Derived terms
- Groba
- Grobia
- grobo
Related terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “groua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “groba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “groba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “groba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Gothic
Romanization
grōba
- romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian гроб (grob).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɡrobɑ/, [ˈɡro̞bɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɡrobɑ/, [ˈkro̞b̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -obɑ
- Hyphenation: gro‧ba
Noun
groba
- synonym of ruumeenpuut (“coffin”)
Declension
| Declension of groba (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | groba | grobat |
| genitive | groban | grobbiin |
| partitive | grobbaa | grobbia |
| illative | grobbaa | grobbii |
| inessive | grobas | grobis |
| elative | grobast | grobist |
| allative | groballe | grobille |
| adessive | grobal | grobil |
| ablative | grobalt | grobilt |
| translative | grobaks | grobiks |
| essive | grobanna, grobbaan | grobinna, grobbiin |
| exessive1) | grobant | grobint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 207
- Arvo Laanest (1978) Isuri keele ajalooline foneetika ja morfoloogia [The historical phonology and morphology of the Ingrian language][2], Tallinn, page 27
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔba/
Etymology 1
Noun
groba
- inflection of grob:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative dual
Etymology 2
From Middle High German grāve, from Old High German grāfio. Cognate with Czech hrabě.
Noun
groba m anim
- (Nobility) count
Declension
Declension of groba
Derived terms
- grobinstwo
- grobina
References
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “groba”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag