dridh

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *dreδ-, from Proto-Indo-European *d(h)r- (to tremble, quake, rock). Cognate to Lithuanian drebù (to tremble, quake).[1]

Verb[edit]

dridh (aorist drodha, participle dridhur)

  1. to tremble, quake, rock
  2. to move, dance
  3. to shake, vibrate

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dridh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 143