shkardhë

See also: shkardhe

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *iš-gardā, etymologically connected with gardh (fence).[1] Connected to Romanian zgardă.

Noun

shkardhë f

  1. dog chain
  2. control pole (for dogs)
  3. (dialectal) wicker gate in a fence

Declension

Declension of shkardhë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shkardhë shkardha shkardha shkardhat
accusative shkardhën
dative shkardhe shkardhës shkardhave shkardhave
ablative shkardhash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 174

Further reading

  • shkardhë”, 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
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “shkardhë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3]