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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to grab, grasp”), from Old French *gripper, from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɘ.pa/
- Rhymes: -ɘpa
- Syllabification: gry‧pa
Noun
grypa f
- influenza; the flu
- Mam grypę. ― I've got the flu.
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Further reading
- grypa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- grypa in Polish dictionaries at PWN