gardh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *garẟ-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose, to encircle”) (compare English yard or garden, Latin hortus, Lithuanian gar̃das).[2] A potential loanword from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gards) is also supported. [3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡaɾð/

Noun

gardh m (plural gjerdhe, definite gardhi, definite plural gjerdhet)

  1. fence
  2. enclosure
  3. barricade
  4. (Arbëreshë, Arvanitika) garden

Declension
Declension of gardh
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gardh gjerdhe gardhi gjerdhet
accusative gardhin
dative gardhi gjerdheve gardhit gjerdhevet
ablative gjerdhesh

Derived terms
  • gardhë, gardhën, gardhec
  • gardhoj, gardhënor, gardhishte
  • gardhnajë, gardhiqe, zhgardhoj

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) “gardh”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 175
  2. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 211
  3. Matasovic, Ranko (2019). A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for Students of Indo-European. Zagreb. Page 39
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