Contionary:grode

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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/ File:Grode.ogv

Noun

gróde m (1st declension)

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

Declension


Derived terms

grodyni - hailstone