gavër

See also: gaver and Gaver

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ga-wara, a prefixal derivative of varr.[1] Cf. also Aromanian gavrã, Romanian gaură.

Noun

gavër f (plural gavra, definite gavra, definite plural gavrat)

  1. tree hollow
  2. cavity (of an organ of the human body)
  3. hollow (in a rock or ground), cave
  4. hole (in the tooth caused by disease)

Declension

Declension of gavër
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gavër gavra gavra gavrat
accusative gavrën
dative gavre gavrës gavrave gavrave
ablative gavrash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gavër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 111

Further reading

  • “gavër”, 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
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