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groapă

Română

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groapă¹

Where it comes from

Probably a substratum word, akin to Albanian gropë, or possibly derived from it. Compare also Aromanian groapã, Bulgarian гропа (gropa). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Old Norse grǫftr (“graving, grave, burial, funeral”), Old Church Slavonic гробъ (grobŭ, “grave”) and English grave.

noun gropi · groapă · groapa · gropile

  1. feminine hole (in the ground), pit, grave

Groapă²

Where it comes from

From groapă.

proper noun lui Groapă

  1. masculine a surname

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"groapă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/groap%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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groapă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/groap%C4%83

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"groapă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/groap%C4%83.

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@misc{groapa_2026,
  title = {groapă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/groap%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}