grīda

See also: grida and grīdā

Latvian

Grīda

Alternative forms

• (archaic) grīds

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *grindā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥ndʰ-éh₂, from *gʰrendʰ- (“beam, plank”), from *gʰer- (“to have protuberances, protrusions”). Cognates include Lithuanian grindà (“bridge plank, beam; a covering of planks, beams; earthen floor”), grindìs (“floor plank, (pl.) floor”), Old Prussian grandico (“think plank, beam”) (< *grandikā, diminutive of *grandā), Russian гряда́ (grjadá, “stack; flowerbed; (dialectal) plank cover; shelf; main beam”), Old Norse grind (“grid, lattice”), Old English grindel, Old High German grintil (“ridge, pole”), Latin grunda (“roof”) (< *grondʰeh₂).

Noun

grīda m

1. (archaic) genitive singular of grīds

grīda f (4th declension)

1. floor, flooring (covering of the lower surface of a room, on which people walk)

   dēļu grīda ― plank floor

   parketa grīda ― inlaid floor

   ķieģeļu grīda ― brick floor

   grīdas dēlis ― floor plank

   likt grīdu ― to lay the floor

   mazgāt grīdu ― to wash the floor'

   kaila grīda ― naked floor (a floor not covered with anything)

   deju grīda ― dance floor

Declension

Declension of grīda (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	grīda	grīdas
genitive	grīdas	grīdu
dative	grīdai	grīdām
accusative	grīdu	grīdas
instrumental	grīdu	grīdām
locative	grīdā	grīdās
vocative	grīda	grīdas

Synonyms

• klons
• (dialectal term) plāns