grotta

See also: gròtta

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrota]

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

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō)

Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor.

Latin crypta

Italian grotta

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grupta ~ *crupta, (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) from Latin crypta, 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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	grotta	grottas
	definite	grottan	grottans
plural	indefinite	grottor	grottors
	definite	grottorna	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
present participle		grottande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “grotta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “grotta ner sig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “grotta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “grotta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)