kërrus

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *karnutja, based on a nominal derivative in *-ut-, related to Ancient Greek κυρτός (kurtós, curved, bent), Latin curvus (id).[1]

Verb

kërrus (aorist kërrusa, participle kërrusur)

  1. to bend (one's back)
    Synonyms: përkul, përkulem, gërmuq

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kërrus”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 184

Further reading

  • kërrus”, 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