kruaj
Albanian
Alternative forms
- Tosk: krruaj
- Gheg: kruej, krruej, kruj
Etymology
From *kroj, from Proto-Albanian *krābnja, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (compare German graben ‘to dig’, Lithuanian grebti ‘to rake’).
Verb
kruaj (first-person singular past tense krova, participle kruar)
- to scratch (an itch)
- to scrape
- to search everywhere for
Related terms
- kreh
Derived terms
- shkruaj, kromë, krosë, krunde