groza

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔza/

Noun

groza f inan

1. horror, terror, dread

Declension

Declension of groza

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	groza	grozy	groze
Genitive	groze	grozowu	grozow
Dative	grozy	grozoma	grozam
Accusative	grozu	grozy	groze
Instrumental	grozu	grozoma	grozami
Locative	grozy	grozoma	grozach

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/

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• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Syllabification: gro‧za

Noun

groza f

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

   Synonym: przerażenie

Declension

Declension of groza

	singular	plural
nominative	groza	grozy
genitive	grozy	gróz
dative	grozie	grozom
accusative	grozę	grozy
instrumental	grozą	grozami
locative	grozie	grozach
vocative	grozo	grozy

Derived terms

adjectives

• arcygroźny
• groźbowy
• groźny
• niegroźny

 

adverbs

• arcygroźnie
• groźnie
• groźno
• niegroźnie

 

nouns

• groźba
• groźność

 

verbs

• grozić impf
• groźnieć impf

 

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

Declension of groza

	singular	plural
nominative	groza	groze
genitive	groze	groza
dative	grozi	grozama
accusative	grozu	groze
vocative	grozo	groze
locative	grozi	grozama
instrumental	grozom	grozama