grunda

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps a backformation from suggrunda, from Proto-Italic *ɣrondā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrondʰ-h₂ (collective), from *gʰrendʰ- (“beam, plank”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡrun.da/, [ˈɡrʊn.da]

Noun

grunda f (genitive grundae); first declension

  1. roof
  2. eaves
  3. gutter

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative grunda grundae
Genitive grundae grundārum
Dative grundae grundīs
Accusative grundam grundās
Ablative grundā grundīs
Vocative grunda grundae

Derived terms
  • suggrunda
  • suggrundium

Descendants

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “*grunda”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 273-274
  • grunda in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • grunda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Swedish

Etymology

grund +‎ -a

Pronunciation
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Adjective

grunda

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of grund.

Verb

grunda (present grundar, preterite grundade, supine grundat, imperative grunda)

  1. to start, to found, to lay the foundation

Conjugation
Conjugation of grunda (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive grunda grundas
Present tense grundar grundas
Past tense grundade grundades
Supine grundat grundats
Imperative grunda —
Present participle grundande
Past participle grundad

Synonyms
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