grotta

See also: gròtta

Czech

Noun

grotta f

1. grotto (artificial cave)

Declension

Declension of grotta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	grotta	grotty
genitive	grotty	grott
dative	grottě	grottám
accusative	grottu	grotty
vocative	grotto	grotty
locative	grottě	grottách
instrumental	grottou	grottami

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grupta~*crupta, from Latin crypta, borrowed from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Doublet of cripta, which Italian borrowed from Latin. Found in the toponym Grotte. Compare Sicilian grutta, the probable source of Spanish gruta and Portuguese gruta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔt.ta/, /ˈɡrot.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔtta, -otta
• Hyphenation: gròt‧ta, grót‧ta

• Audio

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Noun

grotta f (plural grotte, diminutive grotticèlla or grotterèlla or grottìno m, augmentative grottóne m, pejorative grottàccia)

1. cave
2. grotto

Related terms

• cripta
• sgrottamento
• sgrottare
• sgrottatura

Descendants

• → Czech: grotta
• → Danish: grotte
• → Dutch: grot
  • Afrikaans: grot
• → French: grotte
  • → Russian: грот (grot)
• → German: Grotte
• → English: grotto
• → Norwegian Bokmål: grotte
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: grotte
• → Piedmontese: gròta
• → Polish: grota
• → Romanian: grotă
• → Swedish: grotta

Further reading

• grotta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• gratto, grattò

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• grotten

Noun

grotta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of grotte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

grotta f

1. definite singular of grotte

Swedish

grotta

Noun

grotta c

1. a cave (large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground)

Declension

Declension of grotta
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	grotta	grottan	grottor	grottorna
Genitive	grottas	grottans	grottors	grottornas

Derived terms

• grottmänniska

Verb

grotta (present grottar, preterite grottade, supine grottat, imperative grotta)

1. (colloquial, in "grotta ner/ned sig (i)") to immerse oneself (in), to get deeply into (some activity, study, or the like)

   Jag har grottat ner mig i fallet. Jag vill veta allt.

   I've really gotten into the case. I want to know everything.

Conjugation

Conjugation of grotta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	grotta		grottas
Supine	grottat		grottats
Imperative	grotta		—
Imper. plural1	grotten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	grottar	grottade	grottas	grottades
Ind. plural1	grotta	grottade	grottas	grottades
Subjunctive2	grotte	grottade	grottes	grottades
	Participles
Present participle	grottande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• grotta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grotta ner sig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grotta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• grotta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)