hrob
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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech hrob, from Proto-Slavic *grobъ.
Compare Serbo-Croatian grȍb and groblje (“grave”), German Grab (“grave”) and graben (“to dig”), Czech and Slovak hrob (“grave”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hrob m inan or (archaic) m anim (diminutive hrobec or hrobek or hrůbek)
- grave
- obílený hrob (literary) ― hypocrite (literally, “whitewashed grave”)
Declension
when animate:
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hrob”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hrob”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “hrob”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grobъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
hrob m inan (relational adjective hrobový, diminutive hrobček, augmentative hrobisko)
Declension
Declension of hrob (pattern dub)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hrob”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025