gjerb
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *serba, from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-, cognate to Latin sorbeō, Proto-Slavic *sьrbati.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɟɛɾb]
Verb
gjerb (first-person singular past tense gjerba, participle gjerbur)
- to sip, slurp
Synonyms
- hurb
Derived terms
- gjerbë, gjerboj
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gjerb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 132-133