groba

Galician

Etymology

Attested as (illa) grova in Medieval Latin local documents. From Suevic 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɾɔβɐ]

Noun

groba f (plural grobas)

1. ravine, defile

   Synonym: quenlla

2. groove; long and deep depression in the terrain (frequently applied to old Roman open air mines and Iron Age hill-fort ditches)

   Synonyms: cárcava, cavorco

Derived terms

• Groba
• Grobia
• grobo

Related terms

• graba

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “groua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “groba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “groba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “groba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gothic

Romanization

grōba

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔba/

Etymology 1

Noun

groba

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

groba m pers

1. (Nobility) count

Declension

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

• grobinstwo
• grobina

References

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