grus
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
grus (plural gruses)
- (geology) An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German grūs.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
grus n (singular definite gruset, not used in plural form)
ReferencesEdit
- “grus” in Den Danske Ordbog
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate to English crane, but not to grouse, whose etymology is unknown.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
grūs m, f (genitive gruis); third declension
InflectionEdit
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | grūs | gruēs |
Genitive | gruis | gruum |
Dative | gruī | gruibus |
Accusative | gruem | gruēs |
Ablative | grue | gruibus |
Vocative | grūs | gruēs |
SynonymsEdit
- (weapon): corvus
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- grus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- grus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- grus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German grus
NounEdit
grus m, n (definite singular grusen or gruset)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “grus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German grus
NounEdit
grus m, n (definite singular grusen or gruset)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “grus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish grus, from Middle Low German grus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
grus n
- gravel; small pieces of stone
- red clay (on a tennis court), hard court
DeclensionEdit
Declension of grus | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | grus | gruset | — | — |
Genitive | grus | grusets | — | — |
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- grus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)