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gras

See also: Gras, GRAS, graś, grás, grãs, gräs, and Graś

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch gras.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

gras (plural grasse)

  1. grass

Alemannic German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, Proto-Germanic *grasą.

Cognate with German Gras, Dutch gras, English grass, Icelandic gras.

Noun edit

gras n

  1. (Gressoney, Formazza) grass

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Aromanian edit

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Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin grassus, from Latin crassus. Compare Romanian gras.

Adjective edit

gras (feminine grasã, masculine plural grash, feminine plural grasi or grase)

  1. fat

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Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin grassus, from Latin crassus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

gras (feminine grassa, masculine plural grassos, feminine plural grasses)

  1. fat
  2. fatty

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Cimbrian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą. Cognate with German Gras, English grass.

Noun edit

gras m (plural gréezar)

  1. (Sette Comuni) grass
    an hèttalle gras ― a blade of grass

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References edit

  • “gras” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch gras, from Old Dutch *gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”). Doublet of gors.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gras n (plural grassen, diminutive grasje n)

  1. grass
    Het gras is groen na de regen.
    The grass is green after the rain.
    Ik hou ervan om op het gras te liggen en naar de wolken te kijken.
    I love to lie on the grass and look at the clouds.
    Ze speelden voetbal op het gras.
    They played soccer on the grass.

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Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: gras
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: grasa
  • Jersey Dutch: x'rās, grās
  • Negerhollands: graas, gras
  • → Sranan Tongo: grasi

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gras n (genitive singular gras, plural grøs)

  1. grass

Declension edit

Declension of gras
n12 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gras grasið grøs grøsini
accusative gras grasið grøs grøsini
dative grasi grasinum grøsum grøsunum
genitive gras grasins grasa grasanna

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French gras, from Vulgar Latin *grassus from Latin crassus; cf. also the Old French form cras. Doublet of crasse.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁa/, /ɡʁɑ/
  • Audio ("le gras")(file)

Adjective edit

gras (feminine grasse, masculine plural gras, feminine plural grasses)

  1. fat
  2. (typography) bold

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Noun edit

gras m (plural gras)

  1. fat (animal tissue or substance resembling it)

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Anagrams edit

Friulian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin grassus, from Latin crassus.

Adjective edit

gras

  1. fat

German edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gras

  1. singular imperative of grasen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of grasen

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

gras

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gras n (genitive singular grass, nominative plural grös)

  1. grass
    • Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)
      Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."
      A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
  2. (in the plural) Icelandic moss
  3. (slang) grass, marijuana

Declension edit

declension of gras
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gras grasið grös grösin
accusative gras grasið grös grösin
dative grasi grasinu grösum grösunum
genitive grass grassins grasa grasanna

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Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Noun edit

gras n

  1. grass

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English græs, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡras/, /ɡraːs/, /ɡrɛːs/, /ɡrɛs/, /ɡɛrs/

Noun edit

gras (plural grasses or gras)

  1. A grass (A plant in the family Poaceae or of similar appearance to those plants)
  2. Any plant; especially a herbaceous one; a herb.
  3. (medicine) A plant or herb reputed to have medicinal or curative properties.
  4. The lamina of a leaf or a leaf in general.
  5. Ground planted with grass; grassy land; a pasture or meadow.
  6. Fodder; grass used to feed animals (especially livestock).
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

gras

  1. Alternative form of grace

Norman edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus.

Adjective edit

gras m

  1. (Jersey) fat

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse gras (“grass, herbage; herb (with special powers)”), from Proto-Germanic *grasą (“grass”), from the root of *grōaną (“to green, grow”) and *grōniz (“green”), from Pre-Germanic *groh₁-ni-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow (of plants)”).

Noun edit

gras n (definite singular graset, indefinite plural gras, definite plural grasa or grasene)

  1. alternative form of gress

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Old Norse gras. Akin to English grass.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gras n (definite singular graset, indefinite plural gras, definite plural grasa)

  1. grass

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Old Norse edit

FWOTD – 7 August 2014

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation edit

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑs/

Noun edit

gras n (genitive grass, plural grǫs)

  1. grass, herbage
    • Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
      […] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi.
      […] gap was of void, / but grass nowhere.
  2. (especially in the plural) a herb, usually with special powers
    • Stjórn 51, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 175:
      […] fann hann þau grös sem manndragore heita, […]
      […] he found the herb that was called mandrake, […]

Declension edit

  Declension of gras (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gras grasit grǫs grǫsin
accusative gras grasit grǫs grǫsin
dative grasi grasinu grǫsum grǫsunum
genitive grass grassins grasa grasanna

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Descendants edit

References edit

  • gras in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • gras in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Noun edit

gras n

  1. grass

Descendants edit

  • Middle Low German: gras

Romagnol edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin grassŭs (“fat”), from Latin crassŭs (“fat”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

gras (feminine grasa, masculine plural grës, feminine plural grasi)

  1. fat

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus. Doublet of cras.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

gras m or n (feminine singular grasă, masculine plural grași, feminine and neuter plural grase)

  1. fat

Declension edit

Declension of gras
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite gras grasă grași grase
definite grasul grasa grașii grasele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite gras grase grași grase
definite grasului grasei grașilor graselor

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Tok Pisin edit

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From English grass.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gras

  1. grass; vegetation
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:11:
      Bihain God i tok olsem, “Graun i mas kamapim ol kain kain diwai na gras na kaikai samting.”
      →New International Version translation
    • Then God said "The land must give forth all kinds of trees and grass and foodstuffs."
  2. fur, hair

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Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English grace, from Old French grace, from Latin grātia.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gras m or f (plural grasau or grasusau)

  1. grace, favour
  2. forgiveness, pardon
  3. beauty, charm
  4. (countable) grace (short prayer)

Derived terms edit

  • anras m (“blight, evil”)
  • gras Duw m (“hedgehyssop”)
  • grasus (“gracious”, adjective)

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gras ras ngras unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gras”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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