grou
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Adjective
editgrou (attributive grou or groue, comparative grouer, superlative grouste)
- grey, ash-coloured; dull white; dull black
- Die grou môrelig
- The ash-coloured/grey morning light.
- very old and long ago
- Dis in die groue verlede.
- It is in the distant past.
- sombre, sad, sorrowful, bleak
- Die toekoms lyk grou.
- The future looks bleak.
- monotonous, humdrum
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editVerb
editgrou (present grou, present participle grouende, past participle gegrou)
- to dig
- to rummage or to search for something either for the sake of finding something or out of curiosity
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editGalician
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin grūs, gruem (“crane”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum).
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editNoun
editgrou m (plural grous)
- crane (bird)
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editPortuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese gru, from Latin gruem (“crane”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).
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- Rhymes: -ow
Noun
editgrou m (plural grous, feminine grua, feminine plural gruas)
- crane (large, long-legged and long-necked birds)
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