"grøft" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

Forms: grøfta [definite, singular], grøften [definite, singular], grøfter [indefinite, plural], grøftene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse grǫptr, grǫftr (“digging, burial”), from Proto-Germanic *graftuz (“digging, carving”), from *grabaną (“to dig”) + *-þuz, first part from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nb|non|grǫptr}} Old Norse grǫptr, {{m|non|grǫftr||digging, burial}} grǫftr (“digging, burial”), {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*graftuz||digging, carving}} Proto-Germanic *graftuz (“digging, carving”), {{suffix|gem-pro|*grabaną|*þuz|nocat=1|t1=to dig}} *grabaną (“to dig”) + *-þuz, {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*gʰróbʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*gʰrebʰ-||to dig, scratch, bury}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”)
  1. a ditch (for water) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-grøft-nb-noun-yc6rFuak
  2. a trench (for pipes and cables) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-grøft-nb-noun-iWQFrsVf

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for grøft meaning in Norwegian Bokmål (1.8kB)

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