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grus

See also: Grus, Gruß, and grús

English

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Noun

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grus (plural gruses)

  1. (geology) An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡruːs/, [ɡ̊ʁuːˀs]

Noun

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grus n (singular definite gruset, not used in plural form)

  1. gravel

Declension

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Declension of grus
neuter
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative grus gruset
genitive grus' grusets

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Latin

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grūs (a crane)

Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *grūs, from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate to English crane, but not to grouse, whose etymology is unknown.

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Noun

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grūs f or m (genitive gruis); third declension

  1. crane, a bird also eaten as food
  2. a type of siege weapon

Usage notes

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  • Feminine by default.

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative grūs gruēs
Genitive gruis gruum
Dative gruī gruibus
Accusative gruem gruēs
Ablative grue gruibus
Vocative grūs gruēs

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Descendants

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  • Vulgar Latin: *grua f

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References

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  • “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • grus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German grus.

Noun

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grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

  1. gravel

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German grus.

Noun

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grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

  1. gravel

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish grus, from Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”).

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  • Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

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grus n

  1. gravel; small pieces of stone
  2. red clay (on a tennis court), hard court

Declension

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Declension of grus 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative grus gruset — —
Genitive grus grusets — —

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Vilamovian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German grōz.

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Adjective

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grūs

  1. great
  2. big

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of “big”): klīn
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