grus

== English == === Noun === grus (plural gruses) (geology) An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks. === Anagrams === rugs == Danish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡruːs/, [ɡ̊ʁuːˀs] === Noun === grus n (singular definite gruset, not used in plural form) gravel ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kattegrus (“kitty litter”) === References === “grus” in Den Danske Ordbog == Latin == === Alternative forms === gruis f grua f (Late Latin) === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *grūs, from Proto-Indo-European *gr̥h₂-ú-s (which apparently metathesized to *grúh₂s), perhaps modified from *gerh₂ōws, in any case from the onomatopoeic root *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”) which derived several words for birds, especially cranes and crows. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *žeravь, Old Prussian gerwe, and Lithuanian gérvė, all meaning “crane”. Also related to English crane, but probably not to grouse (of unknown origin). See also Latin grāculus (“jackdaw, chough”), Old Norse krákr (“raven, crow”), and English crow. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “Sense “battering ram”: due to the front being pointed and resembling a beak?” === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡruːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡrus] === Noun === grūs f or m (genitive gruis); third declension crane (bird), sometimes eaten as a delicacy battering ram Synonym: corvus ==== Usage notes ==== Usually feminine. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Late Latin: grua f Old French: grue f Middle French: grue f French: grue f Unsorted: === References === === Further reading === “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "grus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Middle Low German grus. === Noun === grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset) gravel ==== Derived terms ==== grusvei, grusveg === References === “grus” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Middle Low German grus. === Noun === grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset) gravel ==== Derived terms ==== grusveg === References === “grus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish grus, from Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ʉːs === Noun === grus n gravel (small pieces of stone) (figuratively) dust red clay (on a tennis court), hard court ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== grusa grusig ==== See also ==== asfalt gräs knastra morän sand singel sten === References === “grus”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “grus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “grus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Vilamovian == === Alternative forms === grūs === Etymology === From Middle High German grōȥ, from Old High German grōȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === grūs big, great ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “big”): klīn