From a non-Indo-European substrate word meaning "beech, oak" and found also in Greek γάβρος (gávros, “hornbeam”), Russian граб (grab, “hornbeam”) and Ancient Greek κράββατος (krábbatos, “couch, mattress”). Furnée further compares γοβρίαι (gobríai, “torches”), which cannot be ignored.
γρᾰ́βῐον • (grábion) n (genitive γρᾰβῐ́ου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ γρᾰ́βῐον tò grábion |
τὼ γρᾰβῐ́ω tṑ grabíō |
τᾰ̀ γρᾰ́βῐᾰ tà grábia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γρᾰβῐ́ου toû grabíou |
τοῖν γρᾰβῐ́οιν toîn grabíoin |
τῶν γρᾰβῐ́ων tôn grabíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γρᾰβῐ́ῳ tôi grabíōi |
τοῖν γρᾰβῐ́οιν toîn grabíoin |
τοῖς γρᾰβῐ́οις toîs grabíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γρᾰ́βῐον tò grábion |
τὼ γρᾰβῐ́ω tṑ grabíō |
τᾰ̀ γρᾰ́βῐᾰ tà grábia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γρᾰ́βῐον grábion |
γρᾰβῐ́ω grabíō |
γρᾰ́βῐᾰ grábia | ||||||||||
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