grabë
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- 'to scratch, dig'. Akin to Old High German grab (“grave”), Old Saxon graf, Common Slavic *grobъ (“grave”)[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrab(ə)/
- Hyphenation: gra‧bë (or) grabë
Noun
grabë f (indefinite plural graba, definite singular graba, definite plural grabat)
- erosion, hollowing out
Related terms
- gropë
References
- A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden 2000, pp.136