grag

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German Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German graw, from Old Saxon grao, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare German Low German grau, Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁wos (grey), from *gʰreh₁- (to glow, shine). Compare Latin rāvus (grey), Old Church Slavonic зьрѣти (zĭrěti, to see, glance), Russian зреть (zretʹ, to see), Lithuanian žiūrėti (to see).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣɾɒːx/, /ɣɾɔːx/ (North and West)
  • IPA(key): /ʝɾɔːx/, /ʝɾɒːx/ (South and East)
  • IPA(key): /ɡɾɒːx/, /ɡɾɔːx/ (emerging in the 19th century, initially confined to urban speech)

Adjective

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grag (comparative grager, superlative gragst)

  1. (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian, Eastern Pomeranian) grey

Synonyms

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