Infinitive
gravi
Forms
Tenses
| Present | gravas |
| Past | gravis |
| Future | gravos |
| Conditional | gravus |
| Imperative | gravu! |
Participles
| Active past | gravinta |
| Active present | gravanta |
| Active future | gravonta |
| Passive past | gravita |
| Passive present | gravta |
| Passive future | gravota |
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-us
4. Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us
5. Proto-Italic *gʷraus
6. Latin gravis
7. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
8. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
9. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
10. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
11. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
12. Proto-Italic *-ājō
13. Proto-Italic *-āō
14. Latin -ō
15. Medieval Latin gravō
16. Medieval Latin gravader.
17. Old French grave
18. Middle French gravebor.
19. English gravebor.
20. ▲
21. Middle French grave
22. French gravebor.
23. ▲
24. Latin gravis
25. Italian gravebor.
26. Esperanto grava
27. Proto-Italic *-jezi
28. ▲
29. Latin -ereinflu.
30. Latin -īre
31. French -irbor.?
32. ▲
33. Latin -īre
34. Spanish -irbor.?
35. Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
36. Latin -īre
37. Old Galician-Portuguese -ir
38. Portuguese -irbor.?
39. ▲
40. Latin -ire
41. Italian -irebor.?
42. ▲
43. Latin -iō
44. Romanian -ibor.?
45. Esperanto -i
46. Esperanto gravi
47. From grava + -i.
Sample Sentences
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Gravas honesti. (It's important to be honest.)
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Tio gravas precipe en la nuna tempo, kiam oni ofte kunvenas rete. [2024 August 4, Andy Blair, “Paralela Universo”, in uea.facila, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2024:]
Translations
import, to be important
matter, to be important