egjër

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Albanian

Etymology

Possibly linked to egër as in "bar i egër" ("wild grass"), forming the now old singularized plural from të egjër or a now obscure word with the privative prefix e- +‎ gjër (compare esëll, egjëll and German Unkraut).[1][2][3] A loanword from Latin ebria is unlikely due to unexplainable phonological and semantic difficulties.

Noun

egjër f (definite egjra)

  1. darnel, cockle (Lolium temulentum)
  2. chaff, good-for-nothing, useless thing

Hyponyms

References

  1. ^ Eqrem Çabej, Studime gjuhësore: Hyrje në historinë e gjuhës shqipe. Fonetika historike. Parashtesat, Rilindja, 1976, page 399
  2. ^ Eqrem Çabej, Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes, Akademia e Shkencave e RPS të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë, 1996, page 66
  3. ^ Eqrem Çabej, Studime gjuhësore: A-O, Rilindja, 1986, page 159