grath
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- grâth (Gheg)
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
grath m (plural grathë, definite grathi)
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References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grath”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
- ^ 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
- ^ Eqrem Çabej, Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes, vol. V.
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
grath
- Alternative form of garth