granda

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See also: Granda, grànda, and gránda

English

Noun

granda (plural grandas)

  1. (informal, Scotland, Northern England) grandfather
    • 2017, Sarah Millican, How to be Champion:
      My granda would make everything from scratch and it was a wonderful feast of a picky tea. His potatoes deep-fried in batter were amazing.

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French grand.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡranda/
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Hyphenation: gran‧da

Adjective

granda (accusative singular grandan, plural grandaj, accusative plural grandajn)

  1. big, large
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":
      Fiŝo granda naĝas profunde.
      A big fish swims deep.
      Riĉulo havas grandan parencaron.
      A rich person has many relatives.
      Pli granda ol la kaprino, estas la vulpo. - La vulpo estas pli granda ol la vulpo. - La vulpo, pli granda ol la kaprino, estas.
      The fox is bigger than the she-goat.
    Antonym: malgranda

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ido: granda

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

granda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative grandaði, supine grandað)

  1. to destroy, to damage

Conjugation

granda – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að granda
supine sagnbót grandað
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 grandandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég granda grandaði grandi grandaði
þú grandar grandaðir grandir grandaðir
hann, hún, það grandar grandaði grandi grandaði
plural við gröndum grönduðum gröndum grönduðum
þið grandið grönduðuð grandið grönduðuð
þeir, þær, þau granda grönduðu grandi grönduðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú granda (þú), grandaðu
plural þið grandið (þið), grandiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
grandast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að grandast
supine sagnbót grandast
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 grandandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég grandast grandaðist grandist grandaðist
þú grandast grandaðist grandist grandaðist
hann, hún, það grandast grandaðist grandist grandaðist
plural við gröndumst grönduðumst gröndumst grönduðumst
þið grandist grönduðust grandist grönduðust
þeir, þær, þau grandast grönduðust grandist grönduðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú grandast (þú), grandastu
plural þið grandist (þið), grandisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
grandaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		grandaður grönduð grandað grandaðir grandaðar grönduð
accusative
(þolfall) 		grandaðan grandaða grandað grandaða grandaðar grönduð
dative
(þágufall) 		grönduðum grandaðri grönduðu grönduðum grönduðum grönduðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		grandaðs grandaðrar grandaðs grandaðra grandaðra grandaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		grandaði grandaða grandaða grönduðu grönduðu grönduðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		grandaða grönduðu grandaða grönduðu grönduðu grönduðu
dative
(þágufall) 		grandaða grönduðu grandaða grönduðu grönduðu grönduðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		grandaða grönduðu grandaða grönduðu grönduðu grönduðu

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto granda, English grand, French grand, Italian grande, Spanish grande.

Pronunciation

Adjective

granda

  1. big, large, great (in size)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Ladin

Adjective

granda

  1. feminine singular of gran

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: gran‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French grande (aventure).

Noun

granda f

  1. (colloquial) row, brawl, fracas
    Synonyms: awantura, brewerie, burda, burza, draka
  2. (colloquial) fib, hoax, blague
    Synonyms: kłamstwo, oszustwo
  3. (colloquial) gang, band
    Synonyms: banda, wataha, zgraja
  4. (Kielce) night robbery
    Hypernym: rozbój
Declension
Declension of granda
singular plural
nominative granda grandy
genitive grandy grand
dative grandzie grandom
accusative grandę grandy
instrumental grandą grandami
locative grandzie grandach
vocative grando grandy
Derived terms
adverbs
verbs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

granda m pers

  1. accusative/genitive singular of grand

Further reading

  • granda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • granda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “granda”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270
  • Władysław Siarkowski (1878) “granda”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 247
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