grish

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • gërshas

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *griś-, from Proto-Indo-European *gwer-s- (to raise one’s voice, lift up a cry; set up a clamour), from *gʷerH-. Cognate to Lithuanian gar̃sas (call, sound). Also compare Old English gröetan (assail, greet), Old High German gruozen (weeping, cry).[1]

Verb

grish (aorist grisha, participle grishur)

  1. (transitive) to invite, call, welcome
    Synonym: ftoj

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) “grish”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi

Further reading

  • grish”, 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]‎[2], 1980