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grua

See also: grúa

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *grāwā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵerh₂- (“old”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek γραῦς (graûs, “old woman”).

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grúa f (plural grá, definite grúaja, definite plural grátë)

  1. woman (mature female human)
    Coordinate terms: burrë (“man”), vajzë (“girl”)
    grua e ve ― widowed woman
  2. wife, spouse

Declension

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Declension of grua
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grua gruaja gra gratë
accusative gruan
dative gruajeje gruas grave grave
ablative grash

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grua ~ grue”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 125

Further reading

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  • “grua”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin gruem (“crane”), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

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grua f (plural grues)

  1. crane (bird and lifting device)
  2. kite (flying toy)
    Synonym: estel

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish grúad n (“cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow”) (compare Scottish Gaelic gruaidh (“cheek”)), from Proto-Celtic *groudos (“chin, cheek”) (compare Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”)).

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grua f (genitive singular grua, nominative plural gruanna)

  1. (upper part of) cheek
  2. brow, edge (of hill, ridge, etc.)
  3. facet

Declension

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Declension of grua

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative grua gruanna
Vocative a ghrua a ghruanna
Genitive grua gruanna
Dative grua gruanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghrua na gruanna
Genitive na grua na ngruanna
Dative leis an ngrua

don ghrua

leis na gruanna

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
grua ghrua ngrua
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 152, page 59

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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grua m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of grue

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grua

  1. past tense of grue
  2. past participle of grue

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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grua f

  1. definite singular of gru

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grua f

  1. definite singular of grue

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Low German gruwen.

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Verb

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grua (present tense gruer or gruar, simple past grua or grudde, past participle grua or grutt or grudd)

  1. To be queasy or nervous in anticipation of something.
    Antonym: gle
    Ho gruar seg til sumaren
    She is not happy about the comming summer

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin grūs, gruem (“crane”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡry.ɒ/
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grua f (plural gruas)

  1. crane (bird and lifting device)

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French grue, from Latin grūs.[1][2]

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  • Rhymes: -uɐ
  • Hyphenation: gru‧a

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grua f (plural gruas)

  1. crane (lifting device)
    Synonym: guindaste
  2. female crane
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References

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  1. ^ “grua”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
  2. ^ “grua”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
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