grifshë
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either related to krip (“hair”) (cf. krife), or borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *gripsa (compare Friulian grip (“nuthatch”)), from Latin gryps (“griffon”), from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).
Noun[edit]
grifshë f (plural grifsha, definite grifsha, definite plural grifshat)
- (zoology) jay, Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
- Synonyms: grizhlemzë, çotë
- (figurative, derogatory) shrewish woman
- arbutus, wild strawberry tree
- (central Gheg, Dibër) mane of horse
- spotted goat
Hyponyms[edit]
- grifshë e deti (“roller”) (Coracias garrulus)
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References[edit]
- “grifshë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “grifshë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “grifshë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 133