grath

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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In view of its meaning and the variant greth "flax-combings", likely from a diminutive *grabth of Proto-Albanian *graba, an o-grade noun related to kreh.[1] Alternatively, with voicing of initial, from krath (leaf bud, sprout on a tree), variant of kranth ~ krëndth, diminutive of krand ~ krënd (brushwood; tinder).[2] Finally, Çabej derives it from *granth, diminutive in -th from South Slavic (cf. Serbo-Croatian grana (branch; brushwood), Macedonian гранка (granka), dialectal Bulgarian гран (gran)).[3]

Noun

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grath m (plural grathë, definite grathi)

  1. jagged tooth (of a cog, etc.)
  2. saw tooth
  3. bristle, hard sliver
  4. flax straw, flax stem
  5. flax hards

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grath”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 225
  3. ^ Eqrem Çabej, Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes, vol. V.

Middle English

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Noun

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grath

  1. Alternative form of garth