Part of speech: noun
Gender: feminine
Stem: -ō-
hole
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *grōbō ← *grab-, *grōb- (← *graban v “to dig”); O Sax grōva “pit”; Dt groef “ditch; pit”; OHG gruoba “pit; hole; chasm” (Mod G Grube “pit; mine, shaft“); Icel gróf “pit; ditch”]
Concordance
grobos - Acc, pl - Matth. VIII, 20; Luk. IX, 58
Paradigm
1.1.2. (a)
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nouns, -ō- stem, feminine gender
giba
(gift) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | giba | gibōs |
| genitive | gibōs | gibō |
| dative | gibai | gibōm |
| accusative | giba | gibōs |
The declension of several nouns ending in -wa (frijaþwa (love); triggwa (faithfulness; covenant); bandwa (sign); fijaþwa (hatred, enmity); ubizwa (porch, portico); wulwa (robbery)) is identical to that of [-o-] stem nouns. These nouns are sometimes sub-categorized as the [-wo-] stem subtype of the [-o-] stem declension of Gothic nouns.
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