gërthap

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ga-tsap-. Related to thep.[1]

Noun

gërtháp m (plural gërthapë, definite gërthapi, definite plural gërthapët)

  1. garden scissors; claw, nipper (of a scorpion)

Declension

Declension of gërthap
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gërthap gërthapi gërthapë gërthapët
accusative gërthapin
dative gërthapi gërthapit gërthapëve gërthapëve
ablative gërthapësh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërthap”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 116

Further reading

  • gërthap”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980