groba

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Suevic [Term?] 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 edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɔβa̝/

Noun edit

groba f (plural grobas)

ravine, defile
Synonym: quenlla
groove; long and deep depression in the terrain (frequently applied to old Roman open air mines)
Synonyms: cárcava, cavorco

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

graba

References edit

“groba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“groba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“groba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

grōba

Romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰

Lower Sorbian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔba/

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

groba

inflection of grob:
1. genitive singular
2. nominative/accusative dual

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle High German grāve, from Old High German grāfio. Cognate with Czech hrabě.

Noun edit

groba m pers

(Nobility) count

Declension edit

Declension of groba

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	groba	grobje	groby
Genitive	groby	grobowu	grobow
Dative	grobje	groboma	grobam
Accusative	grobu	grobowu	groby, grobow
Instrumental	grobu	groboma	grobami
Locative	grobje	groboma	grobach

Derived terms edit

References edit

Starosta, Manfred (1999) “groba”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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