grusht
Albanian
FWOTD – 21 February 2020
Etymology
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *gъrstь; compare Old Church Slavonic гръсть (grŭstĭ, “fist, handful”), Serbo-Croatian grst (“handful”), Bulgarian гръст (grǎst). An old borrowing, considering the rendering of *-s- as -sh- and *-ъ- as -u-.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡɾuʃt]
Noun
grusht m (plural grushte, definite grushti, definite plural grushtet)
- fist, handful
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
- Ju tue envrām me grushta detorësinë taj e fqinjënë taj.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- punch
- attack, offensive
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | grusht | grushti | grushte | grushtet |
| accusative | grushtin | |||
| dative | grushti | grushtit | grushteve | grushteve |
| ablative | grushtesh | |||
Derived terms
References
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “grusht”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe [Albanian-Serbian Linguistic Relations] (in Albanian), Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, →ISBN, pages 149-150
- ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “grusht”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 573
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grusht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 126
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡrʌʃt]
Verb
grusht
- simple past tense and past participle of grush