gargarë

See also: gargare

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Greek γαργάρα (gargára, “gargling, gargle”).

Noun

gargarë f (plural gargára, definite gargára, definite plural gargárat)

  1. (medicine) gargling, gargle (act of cleaning one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs)
  2. (medicine) gargle liquid (specific for this purpose)

Declension

Declension of gargarë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gargarë gargara gargara gargarat
accusative gargarën
dative gargare gargarës gargarave gargarave
ablative gargarash

Derived terms

  • gargaliq
  • gargaris
  • gargarit
  • gargaritje

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “gargarë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gargar-á”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 122
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