# grua
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* grue — Gheg

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *grāwā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵerh₂- (“old”). Compare Ancient Greek γραῦς (graûs, “old woman”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡɾua]

### Noun

grúa f (plural grá, definite grúaja, definite plural grátë)
* woman (mature female human)
    Coordinate terms: burrë (“man”), vajzë (“girl”)
    grua e ve ― widowed woman
* wife, spouse

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grua ~ grue”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 125

### Further reading

* “grua”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin gruem (“crane”), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡɾu.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈɡɾu.a]
* Rhymes: -ua

### Noun

grua f (plural grues)
* crane (bird and lifting device)
* kite (flying toy)
    Synonym: estel

#### Derived terms

* grua carunculada
* grua cridanera
* gruar
* gruer

### Further reading

* “grua” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* gruadh, gruaidh (superseded)

### Etymology

From Old Irish grúad n (“cheek; brow, edge of a ridge or furrow”) (compare Scottish Gaelic gruaidh (“cheek”)), from Proto-Celtic *groudos (“chin, cheek”) (compare Welsh grudd (“cheek; slope”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈɡɾˠuə/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈɡɾˠuəj/, [ˈɡɾˠui̯] (corresponding to the form gruaidh)

### Noun

grua f (genitive singular grua, nominative plural gruanna)
* (upper part of) cheek
* brow, edge (of hill, ridge, etc.)
* facet

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
grua
gruanna
vocative
a ghrua
a ghruanna
genitive
grua
gruanna
dative
grua
gruanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an ghrua
na gruanna
genitive
na grua
na ngruanna
dative
leis an ngrua don ghrua
leis na gruanna :

#### Derived terms

* dul in ngrua (“to foul”) (of hook, etc.)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 271, page 128
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 152, page 59

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gruad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* gruen (of noun)
* gruet (of verb)
* grudde (simple past)
* grudd (past participle)

### Noun

grua m or f
* definite feminine singular of grue

### Verb

grua
* past tense of grue
* past participle of grue

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡrʉːɑ/

#### Noun

grua f
* definite singular of gru

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ɡrʉːa/

#### Noun

grua f
* definite singular of grue

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Low German gruwen.

#### Alternative forms

* grue

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ɡrʉːa/

#### Verb

grua (present tense gruer or gruar, simple past grua or grudde, past participle grua or grutt or grudd)
* To be queasy or nervous in anticipation of something.
    Synonym: kvi
    Antonym: gle
    Ho gruar seg til sumarenShe is not happy about the comming summer

### References

* “grua” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin grūs, gruem (“crane”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡry.ɒ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

grua f (plural gruas)
* crane (bird and lifting device)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French grue, from Latin grūs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɾu.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -uɐ
* Hyphenation: gru‧a

### Noun

grua f (plural gruas)
* crane (lifting device)
    Synonym: guindaste
* female crane

#### Related terms

* grou

### References

* ↑ “grua”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* ↑ “grua”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025