drudhe

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • drudhëz

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *drudza, related to Lithuanian drùzgas (“splinter, fragment”), drùžti (“to become weak”).[1] Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew (“to crumble, grind”), same root as dromcë.[2]

Noun

drudhe f (plural drudhe, definite drudha, definite plural drudhet)

  1. crumb
  2. (obsolete) atom

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
  2. Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, pp.329-331
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