gripa

See also: gripă and grípa

Garo

Verb

gripa

1. to cover

Icelandic

Noun

gripa

1. indefinite genitive plural of gripur

Latvian

Noun

gripa f (4th declension)

1. influenza, flu

Declension

Declension of gripa (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	gripa	gripas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	gripu	gripas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	gripas	gripu
dative (datīvs)	gripai	gripām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	gripu	gripām
locative (lokatīvs)	gripā	gripās
vocative (vokatīvs)	gripa	gripas

Lombard

Noun

gripa f

1. influenza, flu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gripe (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse grípa (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grasp, grab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡriːpɑ/

Verb

gripa (present tense grip, past tense greip, past participle gripe, passive infinitive gripast, present participle gripande, imperative grip)

1. to grab, grasp, grip
2. to seize (grab, capture)
3. to seize (take advantage of an opportunity).

Derived terms

• gripa dagen
• gripa inn

Related terms

• grep

References

• “gripa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse grípa, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

Verb

grīpa

1. to grab, to grasp
2. to surprise
3. to acquire, to take
4. to understand

Conjugation

Conjugation of grīpa (strong)

	present			past
infinitive	grīpa			—
participle	grīpandi, grīpande			gripin
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	grīper	grīpi, grīpe	—	grēp	gripi, gripe
þū	grīper	grīpi, grīpe	grīp	grēpt	gripi, gripe
han	grīper	grīpi, grīpe	—	grēp	gripi, gripe
vīr	grīpum, grīpom	grīpum, grīpom	grīpum, grīpom	gripum, gripom	gripum, gripom
īr	grīpin	grīpin	grīpin	gripin	gripin
þēr	grīpa	grīpin	—	gripu, gripo	gripin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	grīps	grīpis, grīpes	—	grēps	gripis, gripes
þū	grīps	grīpis, grīpes	—	grēpts	gripis, gripes
han	grīps	grīpis, grīpes	—	grēps	gripis, gripes
vīr	grīpums, -oms	grīpums, grīpoms	—	gripums, gripoms	gripums, gripoms
īr	grīpins	grīpins	—	gripins	gripins
þēr	grīpas	grīpins	—	gripus, gripos	gripins

Descendants

• Swedish: gripa

Portuguese

Verb

gripa

1. inflection of gripar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡripa]

Noun

gripa f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gripă

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• grȉp (Serbia)

Etymology 1

From French grippe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrîpa/
• Hyphenation: gri‧pa

Noun

grȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling гри̏па)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro) flu, influenza

   Synonym: influènca

Declension

    Declension of gripa

	singular	plural
nominative	gripa	gripe
genitive	gripe	gripa
dative	gripi	gripama
accusative	gripu	gripe
vocative	gripo	gripe
locative	gripi	gripama
instrumental	gripom	gripama

References

• “gripa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

From Italian grippa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrîpa/
• Hyphenation: gri‧pa

Noun

grȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling гри̏па)

1. (regional, fishing) fishing net

Declension

    Declension of gripa

	singular	plural
nominative	gripa	gripe
genitive	gripe	gripa
dative	gripi	gripama
accusative	gripu	gripe
vocative	gripo	gripe
locative	gripi	gripama
instrumental	gripom	gripama

References

• “gripa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrìːpa/

Noun

grípa f

1. flu, influenza

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative	grípa
genitive	grípe
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	grípa
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	grípi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	grípo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾipa/ [ˈɡɾi.pa]
• Rhymes: -ipa
• Syllabification: gri‧pa

Etymology 1

Noun

gripa f (plural gripas)

1. (Colombia, Mexico) Alternative form of gripe

Etymology 2

Verb

gripa

1. inflection of gripar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “gripa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish grīpa, from Old Norse grípa (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grasp, grab”). Cognate with Norwegian gripe, Danish gribe, Icelandic grípa, English gripe, Dutch grijpen, German greifen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

gripa (present griper, preterite grep, supine gripit, imperative grip)

1. to catch hold of
2. to seize
3. to detain, to arrest; to take into legal custody
4. to touch deeply, to catch one's sympathies

   Scenen grep oss alla mycket djupt.

   The scene deeply touched all of us.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gripa (class 1 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gripa		gripas
Supine	gripit		gripits
Imperative	grip		—
Imper. plural1	gripen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	griper	grep	grips, gripes	greps
Ind. plural1	gripa	grepo	gripas	grepos
Subjunctive2	gripe	grepe	gripes	grepes
	Participles
Present participle	gripande
Past participle	gripen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• angripa
• begripa
• föregripa
• förgripa
• inbegripa
• ingripa
• tillgripa

Related terms

• grep
• grepp
• greppa
• grip
• gripbar

Further reading

• gripa in Svensk ordbok.