Yiddish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German grōz, from Old High German grōz, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. Compare German groß, Dutch groot, English great.
Pronunciation
edit- (YIVO, Poylish) IPA(key): /ɡrɔɪ̯s/
- (Northeastern) IPA(key): [ɡreɪ̯s]
- (Netherlandic) IPA(key): [ɡrɔus]
Adjective
editגרויס • (groys) (comparative גרעסער (greser), superlative גרעסט (grest))
- big, large
- דער הונט איז ניט גרויס.
- der hunt iz nit groys.
- The dog is not big.
- דער גרויסער הונט איז מײַנער.
- der groyser hunt iz mayner.
- The big dog is mine.
- מײַן גרויסער הונט איז זייער לעפּיש.
- mayn groyser hunt iz zeyer lepish.
- My big dog is very clumsy.
Declension
editDeclension of גרויס
Derived terms
edit- גרויסהערצאָגשאַפֿט (groyshertsogshaft, “grand duchy”)
- גרויסקייט (groyskeyt, “size, greatness”)
- משה גרויסע (moyshe groyse, “a stuffed shirt; person who is full of himself”)
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