gruby
See also: грубы
Polish
Etymology
Via Old East Slavic from Proto-Slavic *grǫbъ. Doublet of gręby of the same meaning that mostly disappeared.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡru.bɨ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ubɨ
- Syllabification: gru‧by
Adjective
gruby (comparative grubszy, superlative najgrubszy, adverb grubo)
- thick (of an object)
- Antonym: cienki
- fat, overweight, corpulent (of a person)
- Synonyms: otyły, puszysty
- Antonyms: chudy, szczupły
- (obsolete) vulgar; rude; crass
- Synonym: grubiański
- (slang) awesome; great; excellent
- Synonyms: fajny, konkretny, zajebisty
- Antonyms: cienki, głowy nie urywa, kiepski, marny, słaby
- Szykuje się gruby melanż u Pawła. ― There's an awesome party coming up at Paul's.
- low (of a pitch)
Declension
Declension of gruby
| case | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine personal/animate | masculine inanimate | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | ||
| nominative, vocative | gruby | grube | gruba | grubi | grube | ||
| genitive | grubego | grubej | grubych | ||||
| dative | grubemu | grubym | |||||
| accusative | grubego | gruby | grube | grubą | grubych | grube | |
| instrumental | grubym | grubymi | |||||
| locative | grubej | grubych | |||||
Derived terms
adjectives
- grubachny
- grubaśny
- grubiutki
- gruby jak beczka
nouns
- grubas
- grubaska
- grubość
Further reading
- gruby in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gruby in Polish dictionaries at PWN