groapă
Romanian
Etymology
Probably a substratum word, akin to Albanian gropë, or possibly derived from it. Compare also Aromanian groapã, Bulgarian гропа (gropa). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Old Norse grǫptr (“graving, grave, burial, funeral”), Old Church Slavonic гробъ (grobŭ, “grave”) and English grave.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: groa‧pă
Declension
Derived terms
Expressions
- cine sapă groapa altuia, cade singur în ea
- cu un picior în groapă
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