gręby
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grǫbъ. Doublet of gruby (“fat, thick”).
Pronunciation
- (Greater Poland):
- (Central Greater Poland) IPA(key): [ˈɡrɛm.bɘ]
- (Lesser Poland):
- (Biecz) IPA(key): [ˈɡrɛm.bɘ]
Adjective
gręby (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (Biecz, Ropczyce) wrinkled, wrinkly
- Synonym: pomarszczony
- (Central Greater Poland, Kalisz) synonym of cierpki
Derived terms
nouns
- Grębków
- Grębocice
- Gręboszów
- Grębów
Related terms
adjectives
- grębkowski
- grębocicki
- gręboszowski
- grębowski
Further reading
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “gręby”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 907
- Jan Karłowicz (1901), “gręby”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 123
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “gruby”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna