Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
gręby. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
gręby, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
gręby in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
gręby you have here. The definition of the word
gręby will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
gręby, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grǫbъ. Doublet of gruby (“fat, thick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɛm.bɘ/
- Rhymes: -ɛmbɘ
- Syllabification: grę‧by
Adjective
gręby (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (dialectal) coarse, harsh, rough, rugged, wrinkled, wrinkly
- Synonyms: chropawy, chropowaty, pomarszczony, szorstki
- (dialectal) acrid, surly, tart
- Synonyms: cierpki, ostry, zgryźliwy
Declension
Declension of gręby (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “gręby”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 907
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “gruby”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna