gráða

See also: grada and gradá

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gráða.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrauːða/

  Rhymes: -auːða

Noun

gráða f (genitive singular gráðu, nominative plural gráður)

1. degree (unit of temperature)

   Synonym: stig

2. degree (unit by which angles are measured)
3. degree (certificate given by a university)

Declension

Declension of gráða (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gráða	gráðan	gráður	gráðurnar
accusative	gráðu	gráðuna	gráður	gráðurnar
dative	gráðu	gráðunni	gráðum	gráðunum
genitive	gráðu	gráðunnar	gráða, gráðna	gráðanna, gráðnanna

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin gradus (“step”).

Noun

gráða f (genitive gráðu)

1. step, degree

Declension

Declension of gráða (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gráða	gráðan	gráður	gráðurnar
accusative	gráðu	gráðuna	gráður	gráðurnar
dative	gráðu	gráðunni	gráðum	gráðunum
genitive	gráðu	gráðunnar	gráðna	gráðnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gráða

Etymology 2

Noun

gráða

1. inflection of gráði:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural
2. inflection of gráði:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural
3. inflection of gráði:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural
4. inflection of gráðr:
   1. accusative plural
   2. genitive plural

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gráða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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