gërmadhë

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
Declension of gërmadhë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gërmadhë gërmadha gërmadha gërmadhat
accusative gërmadhën
dative gërmadhe gërmadhave gërmadhës gërmadhavet
ablative gërmadhash

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