sharrë

Albanian

Etymology

Compare Hittite [Term?] (/⁠šarra⁠/, “break, rupture, divide”), Latin serra (“id”), Lithuanian sėris (“filament”).[1] Alternatively borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin serra; compare Aromanian sharã.

Noun

sharrë f (plural sharra, definite sharra, definite plural sharrat)

  1. saw
  2. sawmill
  3. saw-toothed ridge: steep mountain range, hidden ocean reef
  4. (medicine) lockjaw, tetanus

Declension

Declension of sharrë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sharrë sharra sharra sharrat
accusative sharrën
dative sharre sharrës sharrave sharrave
ablative sharrash

Derived terms

  • sharrë dore

References

  1. ^ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke, pp. 911

Further reading

  • “sharrë”, 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
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