grus
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English[edit]
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]
Declension of grus
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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *grūs, from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate to English crane, but not to grouse, whose etymology is unknown.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
grūs f or m (genitive gruis); third declension
Usage notes[edit]
- Feminine by default.
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- (weapon): corvus
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
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’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[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[edit]
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
- red clay (on a tennis court), hard court
Declension[edit]
Declension of grus | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | grus | gruset | — | — |
Genitive | grus | grusets | — | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- grus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- grus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- grus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Vilamovian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German and Old High German grōz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
grūs
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “big”): klīn
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