sigrud

Volapük

Etymology

From the bound morpheme si- (“sky”) +‎ grud (“crane (bird)”) (ultimately from Latin grūs (“crane”); si- < sil "sky").

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [si.ˈɡɾud]

Proper noun

sigrud

Grus (constellation) (Latin for crane)

Declension

declension of sigrud

	singular
nominative	sigrud
genitive	sigruda
dative	sigrude
accusative	sigrudi
vocative ¹	o sigrud!
predicative ²	sigrudu

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

grud (“crane”) (= Original Volapük: glulit) (older term, now obsolete)

See also

sil (“sky”) versus sül (“heaven”)
sihijip (“Aries”)
sileon (“Leo”)
silür (“Lyra”)

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