groapă

See also: groapa, Groapa, and groapã

Romanian

Etymology

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
  • Hyphenation: groa‧pă

Noun

groapă f (plural gropi)

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

Declension
Declension of groapă
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) groapă groapa (niște) gropi gropile
genitive/dative (unei) gropi gropii (unor) gropi gropilor
vocative groapă, groapo gropilor

Derived terms
Expressions
  • cine sapă groapa altuia, cade singur în ea
  • cu un picior în groapă

See also
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