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 (plural grathë, definite 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 E. (1998) “grath”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (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

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grath”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 122

[2] Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 225

[3] Eqrem Çabej, Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes, vol. V.

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