Faroese

Proper noun

Gróa

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Gróa: Gróuson
• daughter of Gróa: Gróudóttir

Declension

Icelandic

Verb

gróa ‎(ri-verb, third-person singular past indicative greri or gréri, supine gróið)

1. to grow ^syn.
2. to heal ^syn.

   Sárið grær ekki.‎

   The wound doesn't heal.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (grow ^def.): vaxa
• (heal ^def.): verða heill

Usage notes

• One of the four ri-verbs in Icelandic, the other being núa ‎(“to rub, massage; to wipe”), snúa ‎(“to turn”) and róa ‎(“to row”).
• Even though some forms that include the letter e are pronounced as having an é, the e-spelling is thought to be correct by the Icelandic ministry of education. The preferred spelling of the first person singular past tense indicative form of the word gróa would thus be greri ‎(“I turned”) instead of gréri ‎(“I turned”), although both forms are used.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grōaną ‎(“to grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- ‎(“to grow, become green”). Cognate with Old English grōwan, Old Frisian grōwa, grōa, grōia, Old Dutch gruoien, Old High German gruoen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡroːɑ/

Verb

gróa ‎(singular past indicative greri, plural past indicative greru, past participle gróinn)

1. to grow (of plants)

Conjugation

Descendants