çerdhe
Albanian
Etymology
Singularized plural form of *çerdhë, either from ç + herdhe, from dialectal çuherdhe (cf. çubardhë, çafurde etc.), attested in Gazulli as quherdhe, from Proto-Albanian *škerdā, earlier *skarda, possibly reflected in the first part of the Illyrian proper name Skerdilaidas.
Noun
çerdhe f (indefinite plural çerdhet, definite singular çerdhja)
- nest
- (figuratively) family home
- day nursery, nursery school, daycare
- burrow (of small animals)
- (military) gun emplacement, gunners’ nest
- (linguistics) word family
- brood or litter of domestic animals
Synonyms
- fole, herdhe
Hyponyms
- çerdhe fëmijësh ‘nursery school, daycare center’
- çerdhe grerëzash ‘hornet’s nest’
- çerdhe zjarri (military) ‘foxhole’
- çerdhe zogjsh ‘bird’s nest’
Derived terms
- çerdhukël