grunda

Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Perhaps a backformation from suggrunda, from Proto-Italic *ɣrondā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrondʰ-h₂ (collective), from *gʰrendʰ- (“beam, plank”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrun.da/, [ˈɡrʊn̪d̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrun.da/, [ˈɡrun̪d̪ä]

Noun

grunda f (genitive grundae); first declension

1. roof
2. eaves
3. gutter

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	grunda	grundae
Genitive	grundae	grundārum
Dative	grundae	grundīs
Accusative	grundam	grundās
Ablative	grundā	grundīs
Vocative	grunda	grundae

Derived terms

• suggrunda
• suggrundium

Descendants

• Italian: gronda

References

• “grunda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• grunda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Swedish

Etymology

grund +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

grunda

1. (deprecated template usage) inflection of grund:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Verb

grunda (present grundar, preterite grundade, supine grundat, imperative grunda)

1. to start, to found, to lay the foundation

Conjugation

Conjugation of grunda (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	grunda		grundas
Supine	grundat		grundats
Imperative	grunda		—
Imper. plural1	grunden		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	grundar	grundade	grundas	grundades
Ind. plural1	grunda	grundade	grundas	grundades
Subjunctive2	grunde	grundade	grundes	grundades
	Participles
Present participle	grundande
Past participle	grundad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• grundlägga

Related terms

• grundare
• grundning

Anagrams

• dungar