hurdhe

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Plurale tantum; with prothetic h- from dialectal urdhe, plural of dialectal urdhë, from Proto-Albanian *wurdā, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo (sweetbriar) (compare Old English word (thorn-bush), dialectal Norwegian erre, orr (bush), Latin rubus (bramble)). Standard Albanian has urth, originally a dialectal form.

Noun

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hurdhe f (plural hurdhe)

  1. (dialectal) ivy (Hedera helix)

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