kruaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Tosk: krruaj
• Gheg: kruej, krruej, kruj

Etymology

From *kroj, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *krābnja, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (compare German graben (“to dig”), Lithuanian grebti (“to rake”)).

Verb

kruaj (aorist krova, participle kruar)

1. to scratch (an itch)
2. to scrape
3. to search everywhere for

Related terms

• kreh

Derived terms

• shkruaj, kromë, krosë, krunde