grath
Albanian
Alternative forms
- grâth (Gheg)
Etymology
In view of its meaning and the variant greth "flax-combings", likely from a diminutive *grabth of Proto-Albanian *graba, an o-grade noun related to kreh[1].Alternatively, with voicing of initial, from krath (“leaf bud, sprout on a tree”), variant of kranth ~ krëndth, diminutive of krand ~ krënd (“brushwood; tinder”).[2].Finally, Çabej derives it from *granth, diminutive in -th from South Slavic (cf. Serbo-Croatian grana (“branch; brushwood”), Macedonian гранка (granka), dialectal Bulgarian гран (gran)).[3]
Noun
grath m (indefinite plural grathë, definite singular grathi)
- jagged tooth (of a cog, etc.)
- saw tooth
- bristle, hard sliver
- flax straw, flax stem
- flax hards
Derived terms
- grathatë, grathatël, grathë-grathë, grathël, grathët, grathoj, grathore
Related terms
- krënd
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “grath”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 225
- Eqrem Çabej, Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes, vol. V.
Middle English
Noun
grath
- Alternative form of garth