grib

See also: gríb

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish gryp, from Old Norse gripr (“vulture, griffin”) and Middle Low German grip, via Latin gryps, Derived from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). Doublet of grif and kerub.

Compare Old Irish gríb (“gyrfalcon, griffin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡʁib]

Noun

grib c (singular definite gribben, plural indefinite gribbe)

1. a vulture
   1. (figurative) covetousness, solicitousness (eager to obtain something desirable at whatever cost)

Inflection

Declension of grib

gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	grib	gribben	gribbe	gribbene
genitive	gribs	gribbens	gribbes	gribbenes

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: gribb

References

• “grib” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latvian

Verb

grib

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of gribēt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of gribēt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of gribēt

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• gribh, griobh

Etymology

From Old Irish gríb, from Latin gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

Noun

grib f (genitive singular gribe, plural gribean)

1. hindrance, impediment
2. griffin

Derived terms

• grìbhean (“griffin”)
• grìbhinneach (“griffin”)

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 18 March 2022

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrîːb/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grĩbъ.

Noun

grȋb m inan (Cyrillic spelling гри̑б) (Kajkavian, obsolete)

1. fungus

   Synonym: gljȉva

2. (figurative) germ, nidus, nucleus
   • 1870, “Kako se dojimlje rastivo carstvo obrazovanosti čovječje”, in Vijenac. Zabavi i pouci, volume 2, Zagreb: Dragutin Albrecht, page 524:

     Opazismo među ostalim, da su gladne godine podobnije za bunu i urotu i da Irlandeze razpaliti mogu ne samo politički razlozi, već i mikroskopićki gribovi.

     We point out amongst other things that hungry years are more leant towards upheavals and plots and that the Irish can be inflamed not only by political arguments, but also by microscopical germ-cells.

Declension

Declension of grib

	singular	plural
nominative	grib	gribovi
genitive	griba	gribova
dative	gribu	gribovima
accusative	grib	gribove
vocative	gribe	gribovi
locative	gribu	gribovima
instrumental	gribom	gribovima

grib

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek γρίπος (grípos).

Noun

grȋb m inan (Cyrillic spelling гри̑б) (Montenegro at Lake Skadar)

1. seine, a kind of fishing-net

   Hypernym: mrȅža

Declension

Declension of grib

	singular	plural
nominative	grib	gribovi
genitive	griba	gribova
dative	gribu	gribovima
accusative	grib	gribove
vocative	gribe	gribovi
locative	gribu	gribovima
instrumental	gribom	gribovima

Welsh

Noun

grib

1. soft mutation of crib

Mutation

Mutated forms of crib

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
crib	grib	nghrib	chrib

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.