gripa

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See also: gripă and grípa

Garo

Verb

gripa

  1. to cover

Icelandic

Noun

gripa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of gripur

Latvian

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Noun

gripa f (4th declension)

  1. influenza, flu

Declension

Lombard

Noun

gripa f

  1. influenza, flu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • gripe (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse grípa (to grab), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (to grasp, grab).

Pronunciation

Verb

gripa (present tense grip, past tense greip, past participle gripe, passive infinitive gripast, present participle gripande, imperative grip)

  1. to grab, grasp, grip
  2. to seize (grab, capture)
  3. to seize (take advantage of an opportunity).

Derived terms

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References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse grípa, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

Verb

grīpa

  1. to grab, to grasp
  2. to surprise
  3. to acquire, to take
  4. to understand

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Swedish: gripa

Portuguese

Verb

gripa

  1. inflection of gripar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

gripa f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gripă

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From French grippe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrîpa/
  • Hyphenation: gri‧pa

Noun

grȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling гри̏па)

  1. (Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro) flu, influenza
    Synonym: influènca
Declension

References

  • gripa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

From Italian grippa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrîpa/
  • Hyphenation: gri‧pa

Noun

grȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling гри̏па)

  1. (regional, fishing) fishing net
Declension

References

  • gripa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

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Pronunciation

Noun

grípa f

  1. flu, influenza

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative grípa
genitive grípe
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
grípa
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dative
(dajȃlnik)
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
grípi
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
grípo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾipa/
  • Rhymes: -ipa
  • Syllabification: gri‧pa

Etymology 1

Noun

gripa f (plural gripas)

  1. (Colombia, Mexico) Alternative form of gripe

Etymology 2

Verb

gripa

  1. inflection of gripar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish grīpa, from Old Norse grípa (to grab), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (to grasp, grab). Cognate with Norwegian gripe, Danish gribe, Icelandic grípa, English gripe, Dutch grijpen, German greifen.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

gripa (present griper, preterite grep, supine gripit, imperative grip)

  1. to catch hold of
  2. to seize
  3. to detain, to arrest; to take into legal custody
  4. to touch deeply, to catch one's sympathies
    Scenen grep oss alla mycket djupt.
    The scene deeply touched all of us.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Further reading