Contionary:grode

Pomorian

Alternative forms

grāde - Eastern dialects

Etymology

From Old Pomorian grādes which comes from grāudā (“lump, frozen earth”). From Proto-Balto-Slavic *grauˀdas. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *gradъ (“hail”), *gruda (“heap, lump”), Lithuanian gruodas (“frozen earth or mud”), Latvian grauds (“grain”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₃d- (Sanskrit ह्रादुनि (hrādúni, “hail(stone)”) or *gʰrewd-.

Pronunciation

/groː.dɛ/

Noun

gróde m (1st declension)

1. hail

   juotrum grode be pajeis - tomorrow hail may fall (it will probably hail)

Declension

Declension of e (1st declension-m A)
Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gróde	gróda	gródė
Genitive	gródo	gródu	gródų
Dative	gródau	gródama	gródam(e)
Accusative	gródå	gróda	gródu
Instrumental	gródum(i)	gródama	gródėmy
Locative	gródė	gródu	gródėhu
Vocative	gróde	gróda	gródė

Derived terms

grodyni - hailstone