gruodis

Lithuanian

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gruodis

Alternative forms

gruod. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From grúodas (“frozen mud or earth”), referring to the cold frozen nature of December in Northeast Europe. Compare Proto-Slavic *grudьňь (“December”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [¹ˈɡruɔdʲɪs]
Rhymes: -uɔdʲɪs
Syllabification: grúo‧dis

Noun

grúodis m (plural grúodžiai) stress pattern 1

December (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Declension

Declension of **grúodis**
	singular	plural
nominative	grúodis	grúodžiai
genitive	grúodžio	grúodžių
dative	grúodžiui	grúodžiams
accusative	grúodį	grúodžius
instrumental	grúodžiu	grúodžiais
locative	grúodyje	grúodžiuose
vocative	grúodi	grúodžiai

References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “grúodas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 206

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “grúodas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 206

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