krënd

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • krënde f — Tosk (plurale tantum)
  • krende f — South Tosk (plurale tantum)
  • krand m — Gheg
  • krande f — Gheg (plurale tantum)

Etymology

Tosk variant of Gheg krand, from Proto-Albanian *ka-randa, from Proto-Indo-European *rendʰ- (“to tear”). Compare English rend, Sanskrit रन्ध्र (rándhra, “fissure, split”).[1]

Noun

krënd m (plural krënde, definite krëndi, definite plural krëndet)

  1. tender thin branches cut up with leaves used for fodder for domestic animals
  2. dry thin brushwood used as tinder
  3. unshucked ear of corn

Declension

Declension of krënd
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krënd krëndi krënde krëndet
accusative krëndin
dative krëndi krëndit krëndeve krëndeve
ablative krëndesh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “krënd”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
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