gruuba

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German grūbe, gruobe, from Old High German gruoba, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“hole, ditch, pit”). Cognate with German Grube (“pit, mine”), English groove.

Noun

gruuba f (plural gruuben, diminutive grübale)

1. (Sette Comuni) ravine, gorge

   In de bèllar zeinta gruuben un grübalen.

   In the woods there are large and small ravines.

Declension

Declension of gruuba – 6th declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	gruuba	de	gruuben
accusative	an	de	gruuba	de	gruuben
dative	anara	dar	gruuben	in	gruuben

References

• “gruuba” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo