granda

See also: Granda, grànda, and gránda

English

Noun

granda (plural grandas)

1. (informal, Scotland, Northern England) grandfather
   • 2017, Sarah Millican, How to be Champion:

     My granda would make everything from scratch and it was a wonderful feast of a picky tea. His potatoes deep-fried in batter were amazing.

Anagrams

• Argand, Dargan, Garand, argand

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French grand.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɡranda/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: gran‧da

Adjective

granda (accusative singular grandan, plural grandaj, accusative plural grandajn)

1. big, large

   Antonym: malgranda

   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":

     Fiŝo granda naĝas profunde.

     A big fish swims deep.

     Riĉulo havas grandan parencaron.

     A rich person has many relatives.

     Pli granda ol la kaprino, estas la vulpo. - La vulpo estas pli granda ol la vulpo. - La vulpo, pli granda ol la kaprino, estas.

     The fox is bigger than the she-goat.

   • 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 20:

     "Sendube," mi diris. "Sed diru al mi, laŭ via opinio kio estas la plej granda avantaĝo de riĉeco?"

     "Undoubtedly", I said. "But tell me, according to your opinion what is the biggest advantage of wealth?"

     (literally, “"Undoubtedly", I said. "But say to me, according to your opinion what is the most big advantage of wealth?"”)

Derived terms

• grandampleksa (“vast, extensive”)
• grandeco (“size”)

Descendants

• Ido: granda

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkranta/

Verb

granda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative grandaði, supine grandað)

1. to destroy, to damage [with dative]

Conjugation

granda – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að granda
supine sagnbót		grandað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		grandandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	granda	grandaði		grandi	grandaði
	þú	grandar	grandaðir		grandir	grandaðir
	hann, hún, það	grandar	grandaði		grandi	grandaði
plural	við	gröndum	grönduðum		gröndum	grönduðum
	þið	grandið	grönduðuð		grandið	grönduðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	granda	grönduðu		grandi	grönduðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	granda (þú), grandaðu
plural	þið	grandið (þið), grandiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

grandast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að grandast
supine sagnbót		grandast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		grandandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	grandast	grandaðist		grandist	grandaðist
	þú	grandast	grandaðist		grandist	grandaðist
	hann, hún, það	grandast	grandaðist		grandist	grandaðist
plural	við	gröndumst	grönduðumst		gröndumst	grönduðumst
	þið	grandist	grönduðust		grandist	grönduðust
	þeir, þær, þau	grandast	grönduðust		grandist	grönduðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	grandast (þú), grandastu
plural	þið	grandist (þið), grandisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

grandaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	grandaður	grönduð	grandað	grandaðir	grandaðar	grönduð
accusative (þolfall)	grandaðan	grandaða	grandað	grandaða	grandaðar	grönduð
dative (þágufall)	grönduðum	grandaðri	grönduðu	grönduðum	grönduðum	grönduðum
genitive (eignarfall)	grandaðs	grandaðrar	grandaðs	grandaðra	grandaðra	grandaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	grandaði	grandaða	grandaða	grönduðu	grönduðu	grönduðu
accusative (þolfall)	grandaða	grönduðu	grandaða	grönduðu	grönduðu	grönduðu
dative (þágufall)	grandaða	grönduðu	grandaða	grönduðu	grönduðu	grönduðu
genitive (eignarfall)	grandaða	grönduðu	grandaða	grönduðu	grönduðu	grönduðu

Related terms

• grand

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto granda, English grand, French grand, Italian grande, Spanish grande.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡran.da/

Adjective

granda

1. big, large, great (in size)

Synonyms

• larja, vasta

Antonyms

• mikra

Derived terms

• grandanombra
• grande
• grandega
• grandeso
• grandeva
• grandeveso
• grandigar (“to magnify, aggrandize”)

Ladin

Adjective

granda

1. feminine singular of gran

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡran.da/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈɡran.da]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): [ˈɡran.da]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: gran‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French grande (aventure).

Noun

granda f

1. (colloquial) row, brawl, fracas

   Synonyms: awantura, brewerie, burda, burza, draka

2. (colloquial) fib, hoax, blague

   Synonyms: kłamstwo, oszustwo

3. (colloquial) gang, band

   Synonyms: banda, wataha, zgraja

4. (Kielce) night robbery

   Hypernym: rozbój

Declension

Declension of granda

	singular	plural
nominative	granda	grandy
genitive	grandy	grand
dative	grandzie	grandom
accusative	grandę	grandy
instrumental	grandą	grandami
locative	grandzie	grandach
vocative	grando	grandy

Derived terms

adverbs

• (dialectal) na grandę

verbs

• (dialectal) grandować impf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

granda m pers

1. accusative/genitive singular of grand

Further reading

• granda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• granda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1867), “granda”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270
• Władysław Siarkowski (1878), “granda”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 247