grus
English
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Noun
[edit]grus (plural gruses)
- (geology) An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]grus n (singular definite gruset, not used in plural form)
Declension
[edit]| neuter gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | grus | gruset |
| genitive | grus' | grusets |
Derived terms
[edit]- kattegrus (“kitty litter”)
References
[edit]- “grus” in Den Danske Ordbog
Latin
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Alternative forms
[edit]- gruis f
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *grūs, from Proto-Indo-European *gr̥h₂ú-, from *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate to English crane, but not to grouse (of unknown origin).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡruːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡrus]
Noun
[edit]grūs f or m (genitive gruis); third declension
- crane (bird), sometimes eaten as a delicacy
- battering ram
- Synonym: corvus
Usage notes
[edit]- Usually feminine.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | grūs | gruēs |
| genitive | gruis | gruum |
| dative | gruī | gruibus |
| accusative | gruem | gruēs |
| ablative | grue | gruibus |
| vocative | grūs | gruēs |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
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References
[edit]- “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "grus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German grus.
Noun
[edit]grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “grus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German grus.
Noun
[edit]grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “grus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish grus, from Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]grus n
- gravel (small pieces of stone)
- en näve grus
- a fistful of gravel
- (figuratively) dust
- malas till grus
- be ground into dust
- red clay (on a tennis court), hard court
- spela på grus
- play on clay
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | grus | grus |
| definite | gruset | grusets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “grus”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “grus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “grus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Vilamovian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German grōȥ, from Old High German grōȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]grūs
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “big”): klīn
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