grīda

• (archaic) grīds

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *grindā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥ndʰ-éh₂, from *gʰrendʰ- (“beam, plank”), from *gʰer- (“to have protuberances, protrusions”). Cognates include Lithuanian grindà (“bridge plank, beam; a covering of planks, beams; earthen floor”), grindìs (“floor plank, (pl.) floor”), Old Prussian grandico (“think plank, beam”) (< *grandikā, diminutive of *grandā), Russian гряда́ (grjadá, “stack; flowerbed; (dialectal) plank cover; shelf; main beam”), Old Norse grind (“grid, lattice”), Old English grindel, Old High German grintil (“ridge, pole”), Latin grunda (“roof”) (< *grondʰeh₂).[1]

grīda m

1. (archaic) genitive singular of grīds

grīda f (4th declension)

1. floor, flooring (covering of the lower surface of a room, on which people walk)

   dēļu grīda ― plank floor

   parketa grīda ― inlaid floor

   ķieģeļu grīda ― brick floor

   grīdas dēlis ― floor plank

   likt grīdu ― to lay the floor

   mazgāt grīdu ― to wash the floor'

   kaila grīda ― naked floor (a floor not covered with anything)

   deju grīda ― dance floor

• klons
• (dialectal term) plāns