grib

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See also: gríb

Latvian

Verb

grib

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of gribēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of gribēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of gribēt

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gríb, from Latin gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

Noun

grib f (genitive singular gribe, plural gribean)

  1. hindrance, impediment
  2. griffin

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grĩbъ.

Noun

grȋb m (Cyrillic spelling гри̑б) (Kajkavian, obsolete)

  1. fungus
    Synonym: gljȉva
  2. (figurative) germ, nidus, nucleus
    • 1870, “Kako se dojimlje rastivo carstvo obrazovanosti čovječje”, in Vijenac. Zabavi i pouci, volume 2, Zagreb: Dragutin Albrecht, page 524:
      Opazismo među ostalim, da su gladne godine podobnije za bunu i urotu i da Irlandeze razpaliti mogu ne samo politički razlozi, već i mikroskopićki gribovi.
      We point out amongst other things that hungry years are more leant towards upheavals and plots and that the Irish can be inflamed not only by political arguments, but also by microscopical germ-cells.
Declension
grib

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek γρίπος (grípos).

Noun

grȋb m (Cyrillic spelling гри̑б) (Montenegro at Lake Skadar)

  1. seine, a kind of fishing-net
    Hypernym: mrȅža
Declension

Welsh

Noun

grib

  1. Soft mutation of crib.

Mutation

Mutated forms of crib
radical soft nasal aspirate
crib grib nghrib chrib

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.