gromada

gromada Grammatical information: f. ā Proto-Slavic meaning: `heap, pile'

Page in Trubačev: VII 136-137

Church Slavic:

gromada (RuCS) `heap, pile, bonfire' [f ā]

Russian:

gromáda `mass, bulk, pile' [f ā]

Old Russian:

gromada `heap, pile, bonfire' [f ā]

Czech:

hromada `heap, pile, multitude, gathering' [f ā]

Slovak:

hromada `heap, pile, multitude, gathering' [f ā]

Polish:

gromada `pile, multitude, village community, gathering' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

gromáda `cliff, crag, heap, pile' [f ā];

gròmada `cliff, crag, heap, pile' [f ā]

Slovene:

gromáda `heap, pile of firewood, bonfire' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

gromáda `heap, pile, mass, bulk' [f ā]

Lithuanian:

grùmulas `lump' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₂gr-om-

Other cognates:

Skt. grā́ma- `(military) host, village, community'

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Gk. ἀγείρω `to gather' [verb];

Lat. gremium `lap' [n]