groza

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See also: grozą and grożą

Latvian

Noun

groza m

  1. genitive singular of grozs

Verb

groza

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

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *groza. Cognate with Upper Sorbian hroza, Polish groza, Czech hrůza, Old Church Slavonic гроза (groza), and Russian гроза́ (grozá).

Pronunciation

Noun

groza f

  1. horror, terror, dread

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “groza”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “groza”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *groza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔ.za/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔza
  • Syllabification: gro‧za

Noun

groza f

  1. doom, dread, menace, terror (feeling of danger)
    Synonym: przerażenie

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
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Further reading

  • groza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • groza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “groza”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *groza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrǒːza/
  • Hyphenation: gro‧za

Noun

gróza f (Cyrillic spelling гро́за)

  1. horror, terror, dread, shiver

Declension