*grabaną

Runic: ᚷᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɣrɑ.βɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 6

Meanings

  1. to dig
  2. to engrave, scratch

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (‘to dig, scratch, bury’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singulargrabōgrabaų–
2nd singulargrabizigrabaizgrab
3rd singulargrabidigrabaigrabadau
1st dualgrabōzgrabaiw–
2nd dualgrabadizgrabaidizgrabadiz
1st pluralgrabamazgrabaim–
2nd pluralgrabidgrabaidgrabid
3rd pluralgrabandigrabaingrabandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singulargrabai–
2nd singulargrabazaigrabaizau
3rd singulargrabadaigrabaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralgrabandaigrabaindau
2nd pluralgrabandaigrabaindau
3rd pluralgrabandaigrabaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singulargrōbgrōbį̄
2nd singulargrōftgrōbīz
3rd singulargrōbgrōbī
1st dualgrōbūgrōbīw
2nd dualgrōbudizgrōbīdiz
1st pluralgrōbumgrōbīm
2nd pluralgrōbudgrōbīd
3rd pluralgrōbungrōbīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
grabaną grabandz grabanaz

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Descendants

  • *graban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *grabō (Vulgar Latin)
  • *graban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • gravan (Old Dutch)
      • grāven (Middle Dutch)
        • grave (Limburgish)
  • *graban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • gravan (Old Dutch)
      • grāven (Middle Dutch)
        • graven (Dutch)
          • graaf (Afrikaans)
          • xrâve (Jersey Dutch)
          • graav, graev (Negerhollands)
  • *graban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • grafan (Old English)
      • graven, grafe, grave, gravyn (Middle English)
        • grave (Scots)
  • *graban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • grafan (Old English)
      • graven, grafe, grave, gravyn (Middle English)
        • grave (English)
          • engrave (English)
  • *graban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • greva (Old Frisian)
      • greeuwe (Saterland Frisian)
  • *graban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • graban (Old High German)
      • graben (Middle High German)
        • graben (German)
        • gruewen (Luxembourgish)
        • גראָבן (grobn) (Yiddish)
  • *graban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • gravan (Old Saxon)
      • graven, grāven (Middle Low German)
        • graven (German Low German)
        • grave (West Frisian)
  • grafa (Old Norse)
    • grave (Danish)
    • gråvå (Elfdalian)
    • grava (Faroese)
    • grafa (Icelandic)
  • grafa (Old Norse)
    • ? (Norwegian)
      • grave (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • grave, grava (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • grafa (Old Norse)
    • grava, græva (Old Swedish)
      • grava, gräva, grafva, gräfva (Swedish)
  • 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (graban) (Gothic)

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