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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grozьnъ

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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Etymology

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From *groza +‎ *-ьnъ, speculated to be of onomatopaeic origin.[1] Cognate with Lithuanian gražus (beautiful), Latvian grezns (splendid) and possibly akin to Ancient Greek γοργός (gorgós, terrifying), Irish garg (harsh, wild).

Adjective

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*grozьnъ[2]

  1. terrible, disgusting
  2. enormous

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grozьnъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 144
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “грозен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 284
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “grȏzen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

References

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  1. ^ Ж. Колева (2011): Этимологические заметки о слав. *grozьnъ(jь) ‘страшный; уродливый, некрасивый’ и лит. gražus ‘красивый’ (in Russian), Debrecen
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grozьnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192:adj. o ‘terrible’