grava
See also: gravá, gravà, and gräva
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾa.və/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾa.bə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾa.va/
Etymology 1
From Old French grave (“sandbank”).
Noun
grava f (plural graves)
- gravel
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
grava
- third-person singular present indicative form of gravar
- second-person singular imperative form of gravar
Further reading
- “grava” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “grava”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “grava” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “grava” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto
Etymology
From French, Italian and English grave, ultimately from Latin gravis. Compare German gravitätisch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡrava]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ava
- Hyphenation: gra‧va
Adjective
grava (accusative singular gravan, plural gravaj, accusative plural gravajn)
- important
- 2000, Wolfgang Kirschstein, “Tolstoj instigas ankoraŭ hodiaŭ”, in La Ondo de Esperanto, volume 11, number 73:
- Resurekto kaj pasko estas la plej gravaj okazintaĵoj en la ortodoksa kredo, sed ĉe Tolstoj ne temas pri tiu resurekto aŭ iu transmonda miraklo.
- The Resurrection and Easter are the most important events in the orthodox belief, but Tolstoy's work isn't about that resurrection or any otherworldly miracle.
-
- serious, grave
- 1912, E. Ĉefeĉ, "Pluaj argumentoj por pruvi, ke la teorio: "La radikoj en Esperanto havas gramatikan karakteron" kontraustaras la intencojn de la fundamento":
- Grava danĝero por la estonteco de nia lingvo kuŝas, laŭ mia opinio, en la akcepto de tiu propono.
- A serious danger for the future of our language lies, in my opinion, in the acceptance of that proposal.
- Grava danĝero por la estonteco de nia lingvo kuŝas, laŭ mia opinio, en la akcepto de tiu propono.
- 1912, E. Ĉefeĉ, "Pluaj argumentoj por pruvi, ke la teorio: "La radikoj en Esperanto havas gramatikan karakteron" kontraustaras la intencojn de la fundamento":
Antonyms
- malgrava (“unimportant, trivial”)
Derived terms
- gravaĵo (“something important”)
- grave (“importantly”)
- graveco (“importance”)
- gravi (“to be important”)
- gravulo (“important person, VIP”)
- ne gravas (“it’s not important; it doesn't matter”)
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse grafa (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).
Verb
grava (third person singular past indicative gróv, third person plural past indicative gróvu, supine grivið)
- to dig
Conjugation
| Conjugation of grava (group v-60) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | grava | |
| supine | grivið | |
| participle (a26)1 | gravandi | grivin |
| present | past | |
| first singular | gravi | gróv |
| second singular | grevur | gróv(st) |
| third singular | grevur | gróv |
| plural | grava | gróvu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | grav! | |
| plural | gravið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
grava
- third-person singular past historic of graver
Ido
Adjective
grava
- heavy, weighty
Synonyms
- pezoza
Antonyms
- lejera
Italian
Verb
grava
- inflection of gravare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Verb
gravā
- second-person singular present active imperative of gravō
References
- grava in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- graven
Noun
grava m or f
- definite feminine singular of grav
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑːʋɑ/
Noun
grava f
- definite singular of grav
Etymology 2
From Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).
Alternative forms
- grave (e infinitive)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ɡrɑːʋɑ/
Verb
grava (present tense grev, past tense grov, past participle grave, passive infinitive gravast, present participle gravande, imperative grav)
- dig
- Kor djupt har du tenkt å grava?
- How deep do you intend to dig?
References
- “grava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- græva
Etymology
From Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną.
Verb
grava
- to dig
- to bury
Conjugation
Conjugation of grava (strong)
| present | past | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | grava | — | |||
| participle | gravandi, gravande | gravin | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | graver | gravi, grave | — | grōf | grōvi, grōve |
| þū | graver | gravi, grave | graf | grōft | grōvi, grōve |
| han | graver | gravi, grave | — | grōf | grōvi, grōve |
| vīr | gravum, gravom | gravum, gravom | gravum, gravom | grōvum, grōvom | grōvum, grōvom |
| īr | gravin | gravin | gravin | grōvin | grōvin |
| þēr | grava | gravin | — | grōvu, -o | grōvin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | grafs | gravis, graves | — | grōfs | grōvis, grōves |
| þū | grafs | gravis, graves | — | grōfts | grōvis, grōves |
| han | grafs | gravis, graves | — | grōfs | grōvis, grōves |
| vīr | gravums, -oms | gravums, gravoms | — | grōvums, grōvoms | grōvums, grōvoms |
| īr | gravins | gravins | — | grōvins | grōvins |
| þēr | gravas | gravins | — | grōvus, grōvos | grōvins |
Descendants
- Swedish: grava, gräva
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾa.vɐ/
- Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ
- Hyphenation: gra‧va
Verb
grava
- inflection of gravar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
From French graver.
Verb
a grava (third-person singular present gravează, past participle gravat) 1st conj.
- to engrave
Conjugation
conjugation of grava (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a grava | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | gravând | ||||||
| past participle | gravat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | gravez | gravezi | gravează | gravăm | gravați | gravează | |
| imperfect | gravam | gravai | grava | gravam | gravați | gravau | |
| simple perfect | gravai | gravași | gravă | gravarăm | gravarăți | gravară | |
| pluperfect | gravasem | gravaseși | gravase | gravaserăm | gravaserăți | gravaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să gravez | să gravezi | să graveze | să gravăm | să gravați | să graveze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | gravează | gravați | |||||
| negative | nu grava | nu gravați | |||||
Related terms
- gravare
- gravat
- gravor
- gravură
Spanish
Etymology
From Catalan grava (“gravel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾaba/ [ˈɡɾa.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -aba
- Syllabification: gra‧va
Noun
grava f (plural gravas)
- gravel
- Synonym: gravilla
Descendants
- → Bikol Central: graba
- → Cebuano: graba
- → Hiligaynon: grabas
- → Tagalog: graba
Verb
grava
- inflection of gravar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “grava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Adjective
grava
- absolute singular definite and plural form of grav.