gjerb

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *serba, from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-, cognate to Latin sorbeō, Proto-Slavic *sьrbati.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɟɛɾb], [ɟʝɛɻb]

Verb

gjerb (aorist gjerba, participle gjerbur)

  1. to sip, slurp

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • gjerbë, gjerboj

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjerb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 132-133