gërmadhë

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Albanian

Etymology

A relatively early borrowing from Proto-Slavic *gromada.[1] See also Romanian grămadă.

Noun

gërmadhë f (plural gërmadha, definite gërmadha, definite plural gërmadhat)

  1. ruins, mass of stones
    Synonym: rrënojë
  2. old building ruins, rundown building
  3. scraggy, weak person

Declension

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërmadhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 115

Further reading

  • “gërmadhë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • gërmadhë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “gërmadhë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary