gërmadhë

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Declension of gërmadhë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gërmadhë gërmadha gërmadha gërmadhat
accusative gërmadhën
dative gërmadhe gërmadhës gërmadhave gërmadhave
ablative gërmadhash

References

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

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “gërmadhë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “gërmadhë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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