grava
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French grave (“sandbank”).
Noun edit
grava f (plural graves)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
grava
- inflection of gravar:
Further reading edit
- “grava” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “grava”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “grava” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “grava” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From French, Italian and English grave, ultimately from Latin gravis. Compare German gravitätisch.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
grava (accusative singular gravan, plural gravaj, accusative plural gravajn)
- important
- 2000, Wolfgang Kirschstein, “Tolstoj instigas ankoraŭ hodiaŭ”, in La Ondo de Esperanto[1], volume 11, number 73, archived from the original on 11 May 2013:
- Resurekto kaj pasko estas la plej gravaj okazintaĵoj en la ortodoksa kredo, sed ĉe Tolstoj ne temas pri tiu resurekto aŭ iu transmonda miraklo.
- The Resurrection and Easter are the most important events in the orthodox belief, but Tolstoy's work isn't about that resurrection or any otherworldly miracle.
- serious, grave
- 1912, E. Ĉefeĉ, "Pluaj argumentoj por pruvi, ke la teorio: "La radikoj en Esperanto havas gramatikan karakteron" kontraustaras la intencojn de la fundamento"[2]:
- Grava danĝero por la estonteco de nia lingvo kuŝas, laŭ mia opinio, en la akcepto de tiu propono.
- A serious danger for the future of our language lies, in my opinion, in the acceptance of that proposal.
- 1912, E. Ĉefeĉ, "Pluaj argumentoj por pruvi, ke la teorio: "La radikoj en Esperanto havas gramatikan karakteron" kontraustaras la intencojn de la fundamento"[2]:
Antonyms edit
- malgrava (“unimportant, trivial”)
Derived terms edit
- gravaĵo (“something important”)
- grave (“importantly”)
- graveco (“importance”)
- gravi (“to be important”)
- gravulo (“important person, VIP”)
- ne gravas (“it’s not important; it doesn't matter”)
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse grafa (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).
Verb edit
grava (third person singular past indicative gróv, third person plural past indicative gróvu, supine grivið)
- to dig
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of grava (group v-60) | ||
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infinitive | grava | |
supine | grivið | |
participle (a26)1 | gravandi | grivin |
present | past | |
first singular | gravi | gróv |
second singular | grevur | gróv(st) |
third singular | grevur | gróv |
plural | grava | gróvu |
imperative | ||
singular | grav! | |
plural | gravið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
grava
- third-person singular past historic of graver
Ido edit
Adjective edit
grava
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Italian edit
Verb edit
grava
- inflection of gravare:
Latin edit
Verb edit
gravā
References edit
- grava 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)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
grava m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grava f
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).
Alternative forms edit
- grave (e infinitive)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
grava (present tense grev, past tense grov, past participle grave, passive infinitive gravast, present participle gravande, imperative grav)
- dig
- Kor djupt har du tenkt å grava?
- How deep do you intend to dig?
References edit
- “grava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną.
Verb edit
grava
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
grava
- inflection of gravar:
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
a grava (third-person singular present gravează, past participle gravat) 1st conj.
- to engrave
Conjugation edit
infinitive | a grava | ||||||
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gerund | gravând | ||||||
past participle | gravat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | gravez | gravezi | gravează | gravăm | gravați | gravează | |
imperfect | gravam | gravai | grava | gravam | gravați | gravau | |
simple perfect | gravai | gravași | gravă | gravarăm | gravarăți | gravară | |
pluperfect | gravasem | gravaseși | gravase | gravaserăm | gravaserăți | gravaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să gravez | să gravezi | să graveze | să gravăm | să gravați | să graveze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | gravează | gravați | |||||
negative | nu grava | nu gravați |
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Catalan grava (“gravel”).
Noun edit
grava f (plural gravas)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
grava
- inflection of gravar:
Further reading edit
- “grava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Formed from grav (“grave”), referring to burying fish in the ground.
Verb edit
grava (present gravar, preterite gravade, supine gravat, imperative grava)
- (cooking) to dry-cure with a mix of salt, sugar, and spices (commonly salmon, herring, or common whitefish, but also used for red meat)
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | grava | gravas | ||
Supine | gravat | gravats | ||
Imperative | grava | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | graven | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | gravar | gravade | gravas | gravades |
Ind. plural1 | grava | gravade | gravas | gravades |
Subjunctive2 | grave | gravade | graves | gravades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | gravande | |||
Past participle | gravad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Adjective edit
grava