grath

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • grâth (Gheg)

Etymology

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

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

Declension

Declension of grath
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grath grathi grathë grathët
accusative grathin
dative grathi grathit grathëve grathëve
ablative grathësh

Derived terms

  • grathatë, grathatël, grathë-grathë, grathël, grathët, grathoj, grathore

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “grath”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (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.

Further reading

  • “grath”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Middle English

Noun

grath

  1. alternative form of garth
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