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Galician
Etymology
From Suevic or Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “dugout, hole, cave”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“cavity, pit”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”).
Pronunciation
Noun
groba f (plural grobas)
- ravine, defile
- Synonym: quenlla
- groove; long and deep depression in the terrain (frequently applied to old Roman open air mines)
- Synonyms: cárcava, cavorco
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References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Gothic
Romanization
grōba
- Romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
groba
- inflection of grob:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative dual
Etymology 2
From Middle High German grāve, from Old High German grāfio. Cognate with Czech hrabě.
Noun
groba m pers
- (Nobility) count
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “groba”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag