gërdhij

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Verb

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gërdhij (aorist gërdhiva, participle gërdhirë)

  1. to scratch

Inflection

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References

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  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