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grava

See also: gravá, gravà, and gräva

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old French grave (“sandbank”).

Noun

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grava f (plural graves)

  1. gravel
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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grava

  1. inflection of gravar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From French, Italian and English grave, ultimately from Latin gravis. Compare German gravitätisch.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrava]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: gra‧va

Adjective

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grava (accusative singular gravan, plural gravaj, accusative plural gravajn)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse grafa (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).

Verb

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grava (third person singular past indicative gróv, third person plural past indicative gróvu, supine grivið)

  1. to dig

Conjugation

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Conjugation of grava (group v-60)
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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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grava

  1. third-person singular past historic of graver

Ido

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Adjective

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grava

  1. heavy, weighty

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Italian

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Verb

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grava

  1. inflection of gravare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

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Verb

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gravā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of gravō

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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grava m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of grav

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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grava f

  1. definite singular of grav

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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grava (present tense grev, past tense grov, past participle grave, passive infinitive gravast, present participle gravande, imperative grav)

  1. dig
    Kor djupt har du tenkt å grava?
    How deep do you intend to dig?

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Old Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną.

Verb

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grava

  1. to dig
  2. to bury

Conjugation

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Conjugation of grava (strong)
present past
infinitive grava —
participle gravandi, gravande gravin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk graver gravi, grave — grōf grōvi, grōve
þū graver gravi, grave graf grōft grōvi, grōve
han graver gravi, grave — grōf grōvi, grōve
vīr gravum, gravom gravum, gravom gravum, gravom grōvum, grōvom grōvum, grōvom
īr gravin gravin gravin grōvin grōvin
þēr grava gravin — grōvu, grōvo grōvin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk grafs gravis, graves — grōfs grōvis, grōves
þū grafs gravis, graves — grōfts grōvis, grōves
han grafs gravis, graves — grōfs grōvis, grōves
vīr gravums, -oms gravums, gravoms — grōvums, grōvoms grōvums, grōvoms
īr gravins gravins — grōvins grōvins
þēr gravas gravins — grōvus, grōvos grōvins

Descendants

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  • Swedish: grava, gräva

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ
  • Hyphenation: gra‧va

Verb

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grava

  1. inflection of gravar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French graver.

Verb

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a grava (third-person singular present gravează, past participle gravat) 1st conj.

  1. to engrave

Conjugation

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    conjugation of grava (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a grava
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
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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾaba/ [ˈɡɾa.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: gra‧va

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Catalan grava (“gravel”).

Noun

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grava f (plural gravas)

  1. gravel
    Synonym: gravilla
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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grava

  1. inflection of gravar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Formed from grav (“grave”), referring to burying fish in the ground.

Verb

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grava (present gravar, preterite gravade, supine gravat, imperative grava)

  1. (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

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Conjugation of grava (weak)
Active Passive
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

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Adjective

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grava

  1. inflection of grav:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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