gërdhij

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *gradīnja, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (compare English grind, Lithuanian gréndžiu (to scrape, scratch)).[1]

Verb[edit]

gërdhij (aorist gërdhiva, participle gërdhirë)

  1. to scratch

Inflection[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 251