groba

Galician

Etymology

From Suevic [Term?] or Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “dugout, hole, cave”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“cavity, pit”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɔβa̝/

Noun

groba f (plural grobas)

1. ravine, defile

   Synonym: quenlla

2. groove; long and deep depression in the terrain (frequently applied to old Roman open air mines)

   Synonyms: cárcava, cavorco

Derived terms

• engroba
• Groba
• Grobia
• grobo

Related terms

• graba

References

• “groba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “groba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “groba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gothic

Romanization

grōba

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔba/

Etymology 1

Noun

groba

1. inflection of grob:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Etymology 2

From Middle High German grāve, from Old High German grāfio. Cognate with Czech hrabě.

Noun

groba m pers

1. (Nobility) count

Declension

Declension of groba

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	groba	grobje	groby
Genitive	groby	grobowu	grobow
Dative	grobje	groboma	grobam
Accusative	grobu	grobowu	groby, grobow
Instrumental	grobu	groboma	grobami
Locative	grobje	groboma	grobach

Derived terms

• grobinstwo
• grobina

References

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “groba”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag