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groapă

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See also: groapa, Groapa, and groapã

Romanian

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Etymology

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Probably a substratum word, akin to Albanian gropë, or possibly derived from it. Compare also Aromanian groapã, Bulgarian гропа (gropa). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (to dig, scratch, scrape). Cognate with Old Norse grǫptr (graving, grave, burial, funeral), Old Church Slavonic гробъ (grobŭ, grave) and English grave.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: groa‧pă

Noun

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groapă f (plural gropi)

  1. hole (in the ground), pit, grave

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative groapă groapa gropi gropile
genitive-dative gropi gropii gropi gropilor
vocative groapă, groapo gropilor

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