gërmadhë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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A relatively early borrowing from Proto-Slavic *gromada.[1] See also Romanian grămadă.

Noun

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gërmadhë f (plural gërmadha, definite gërmadha, definite plural gërmadhat)

  1. ruins, mass of stones
    Synonym: rrënojë
  2. old building ruins, rundown building
  3. scraggy, weak person

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërmadhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 115