גרויס

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German grōz, from Old High German grōz, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. Compare German groß, Dutch groot, English great.

Pronunciation

(YIVO, Poylish) IPA^(key): /ɡrɔɪ̯s/
(Litvish) IPA^(key):
(Netherlandic) IPA^(key):

Adjective

גרויס • (groys) (comparative גרעסער (greser), superlative גרעסט (grest))

big, large
דער הונט איז ניט גרויס.
der hunt iz nit groys.
The dog is not big.

דער גרויסער הונט איז מײַנער.
der groyser hunt iz mayner.
The big dog is mine.

מײַן גרויסער הונט איז זייער לעפּיש.
mayn groyser hunt iz zeyer lepish.
My big dog is very clumsy.

Declension

Declension of גרויס


predicative					גרויס groys
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
case	masculine	indefinite	definite	post./nom.	feminine	plural
nominative	גרויסער groyser	גרויס groys	גרויסע groyse	גרויס groys	גרויסע groyse	גרויסע groyse
accusative	גרויסן groysn		גרויסע groyse	גרויס groys	גרויסע groyse
dative	גרויסן groysn		גרויסן groysn		גרויסער groyser

Derived terms

גרויסהערצאָגשאַפֿט (groyshertsogshaft, “grand duchy”)
גרויסקייט (groyskeyt, “size, greatness”)
משה גרויסע (moyshe groyse, “a stuffed shirt; person who is full of himself”)

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