grus
English
Noun
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
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German grūs.
Pronunciation
Noun
grus n (singular definite gruset, not used in plural form)
References
- “grus” in Den Danske Ordbog
Latin
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Etymology
From *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate to English crane, but not to grouse, whose etymology is unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡruːs/, [ɡruːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡrus/, [ɡrus]
Noun
grūs m or f (genitive gruis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | grūs | gruēs |
Genitive | gruis | gruum |
Dative | gruī | gruibus |
Accusative | gruem | gruēs |
Ablative | grue | gruibus |
Vocative | grūs | gruēs |
Synonyms
- (weapon): corvus
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German grus
Noun
grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)
Derived terms
References
- “grus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German grus
Noun
grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)
Derived terms
References
- “grus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish grus, from Middle Low German grus.
Pronunciation
Noun
grus n
- gravel; small pieces of stone
- red clay (on a tennis court), hard court
Declension
Declension of grus | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | grus | gruset | — | — |
Genitive | grus | grusets | — | — |
Related terms
See also
References
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
grūs
Antonyms
- (big): klīn
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