grua

• grue, gru — Gheg
• gruo — Old Gheg

From Proto-Albanian *grāwā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵerh₂- (“old”).^[1] Compare Ancient Greek γραῦς (graûs, “old woman”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɾua]

grúa f (plural grá, definite grúaja, definite plural grátë)

1. woman (mature female human)

   Coordinate terms: burrë (“man”), vajzë (“girl”)

   grua e ve ― widowed woman

2. wife, spouse

• “grua”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Inherited from Latin gruem (“crane”), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡɾu.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡɾu.a]
• Rhymes: -ua

grua f (plural grues)

1. crane (bird and lifting device)
2. kite (flying toy)

   Synonym: estel

• “grua”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• gruadh, gruaidh (superseded)

From Old Irish grúad n (“cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow”) (compare Scottish Gaelic gruaidh (“cheek”)), from Proto-Celtic *groudos (“chin, cheek”) (compare Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”)).

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠuə/^[1][2]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠuəj/, [ˈɡɾˠui̯]^[3] (corresponding to the form gruaidh)

grua f (genitive singular grua, nominative plural gruanna)

1. (upper part of) cheek
2. brow, edge (of hill, ridge, etc.)
3. facet

• dul in ngrua (“to foul”) (of hook, etc.)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gruad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• gruen (of noun)
• gruet (of verb)
• grudde (simple past)
• grudd (past participle)

grua m or f

1. definite feminine singular of grue

grua

1. past tense of grue
2. past participle of grue

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrʉːɑ/

grua f

1. definite singular of gru

• IPA^(key): /²ɡrʉːa/

grua f

1. definite singular of grue

Borrowed from Low German gruwen.

• grue

• IPA^(key): /²ɡrʉːa/

grua (present tense gruer or gruar, simple past grua or grudde, past participle grua or grutt or grudd)

1. To be queasy or nervous in anticipation of something.

   Synonym: kvi

   Antonym: gle

   Ho gruar seg til sumaren

   She is not happy about the comming summer

• “grua” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin grūs, gruem (“crane”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡry.ɒ/

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grua f (plural gruas)

1. crane (bird and lifting device)

Borrowed from French grue, from Latin grūs.^[1][2]

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: gru‧a

grua f (plural gruas)

1. crane (lifting device)

   Synonym: guindaste

2. female crane