grabë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to scratch, dig”). Akin to Old High German grab (“grave”), Old Saxon graf, Proto-Slavic *grobъ (“grave”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrab(ə)/
  • Hyphenation: gra‧bë, grabë

Noun

grabë f (plural graba, definite graba, definite plural grabat)

  1. erosion, hollowing out

Declension

Declension of grabë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grabë graba graba grabat
accusative grabën
dative grabe grabës grabave grabave
ablative grabash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grabë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
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