grunda

Latin

Etymology

De Vaan and Weiss argue that it is most likely a back-formation from suggrunda, noting that the form grunda is attested much later than suggrunda. Ultimately, the term may be connected to Proto-Italic *ɣrondā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrondʰ-h₂ (collective), from *gʰrendʰ- (“beam, plank”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

grunda f (genitive grundae); first declension

  1. roof
  2. eaves
  3. gutter

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative grunda grundae
genitive grundae grundārum
dative grundae grundīs
accusative grundam grundās
ablative grundā grundīs
vocative grunda grundae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: gronda
  • Piedmontese: gronda

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “*grunda”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 273-274
  2. ^ Michael Weiss (1 January 2018) “Limited Latin Grassmann's Law: Do we Need it?”, in Vina Diem Celebrent: Studies in Linguistics and Philology in Honor of Brent Vine, edited by Dieter Gunkel, Stephanie W. Jamison, Angelo Mercado, and Kazuhiko Yoshida‎[1], page 439
  • “grunda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • grunda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrun.dɑ/

Noun

grunda

  1. genitive plural of grund

Swedish

Etymology

grund +‎ -a

Pronunciation

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Adjective

grunda

  1. inflection of grund:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Verb

grunda (present grundar, preterite grundade, supine grundat, imperative grunda)

  1. to found, to establish
    Staden grundades under medeltiden.
    The city was founded during the Middle Ages.
  2. to base (ideas or the like, on something)
    Mina åsikter är grundade på åratal av studier
    My opinions are based on years of study
    Vad grundar du det på?
    On what do you base that?
    ett land grundat på demokratiska principer
    a country founded on democratic principles
  3. to add a bottom layer of something, often primer paint
    grunda med vit målarfärg
    prime with white paint

Usage notes

To ground in the electrical sense is jorda.

Conjugation

Conjugation of grunda (weak)
active passive
infinitive grunda grundas
supine grundat grundats
imperative grunda —
imper. plural1 grunden —
present past present past
indicative grundar grundade grundas grundades
ind. plural1 grunda grundade grundas grundades
subjunctive2 grunde grundade grundes grundades
present participle grundande
past participle grundad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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