sigrud

Volapük

Etymology

From the bound morpheme si- (“sky”) +‎ grud (“crane (bird)”) (ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin grūs (“crane”); si- < sil "sky")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [si.ˈɡɾud]

Proper noun

sigrud

1. Grus (constellation) (Latin for crane)

Declension

declension of sigrud

	singular
nominative	sigrud
genitive	sigruda
dative	sigrude
accusative	sigrudi
vocative 1	o sigrud!
predicative 2	sigrudu

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

• grud (“crane”) (= Original Volapük: glulit) (older term, now obsolete)

See also

• sil (“sky”) versus sül (“heaven”)
• sihijip (“Aries”)
• sileon (“Leo”)
• silür (“Lyra”)