gërdhij

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • gërdhist

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gradīnja, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (compare English grind, Lithuanian gréndžiu (to scrape, scratch)).[1]

Verb

gërdhij (aorist gërdhiva, participle gërdhirë)

  1. to scratch

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 251