gledhë
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *gladā. Cognate to Old High German glat (“shining, even, smooth”), Latin glaber (“smooth”), Lithuanian glodùs (“smooth”), Slavic *gladiti 'to caress'[1].
Noun
gledhë f (indefinite plural gledha, definite singular gledha, definite plural gledhat)
- caress
References
- A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.118