grafa

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkraːva/ Rhymes: -aːva === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse grafa (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). ==== Verb ==== grafa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gróf, third-person plural past indicative grófu, supine grafið) to dig to bury Synonym: greftra to engrave Synonym: skera to enquire Synonyms: grafast, spyrja (impersonal) to suppurate, fester ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== grafa skurði (“to trench”) grafa undan (“to undermine”) ===== Related terms ===== gröf === Etymology 2 === From the verb grafa (“to dig”). ==== Noun ==== grafa f (genitive singular gröfu, nominative plural gröfur) an excavator, a digger; (large machine used to dig holes and trenches) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== grafa indefinite genitive plural of gröf == Irish == === Participle === grafa past participle of graf (“write; draw, sketch; graph, plot, chart”) === Noun === grafa m sg genitive singular of grafadh === Noun === grafa m pl vocative plural of graf (“graph, chart”) === Mutation === == Lithuanian == === Pronunciation === (grafà) IPA(key): /ɡraˈfa/ === Noun === grafà f (plural grafos) stress pattern 2 space between two vertical lines; column ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== skiltis f === References === == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *graib, *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *graibaz, *graibô (“branch, fork”), perhaps related to *grīpaną (“to grasp”) and Ancient Greek χρίμπτω (khrímptō, “scratch, graze, wound”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑː.fɑ/, [ˈɡrɑː.vɑ] === Noun === grāfa m grove, copse ==== Declension ==== Weak: === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gráfa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *grabaną. === Verb === grafa to dig to bury to engrave to enquire (also in middle voice: grafask) (impersonal) to cause the formation of pus (in something); suppurate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== grǫf grǫftr ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: grafa Faroese: grava Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: grave Norwegian Nynorsk: grave, grava Elfdalian: gråvå Old Swedish: grava, græva Swedish: grava, gräva; grafva, gräfva (pre-1906 spelling) Danish: grave === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “grafa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Portuguese == === Verb === grafa inflection of grafar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Scottish Gaelic == === Noun === grafa m sg genitive singular of graf === Mutation ===