grusht

Albanian
FWOTD – 21 February 2020

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *gъrstь; compare Old Church Slavonic гръсть (grŭstĭ, “fist, handful”), Serbo-Croatian grst (“handful”), Bulgarian гръст (grǎst). An old borrowing, considering the rendering of *-s- as -sh- and *-ъ- as -u-.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡɾuʃt]

Noun

grusht m (plural grushte, definite grushti, definite plural grushtet)

  1. fist, handful
    • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
      Ju tue envrām me grushta detorësinë taj e fqinjënë taj.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. punch
  3. attack, offensive

Derived terms

References
  1. Omari, Anila (2012) “grusht”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 149-150
  2. Topalli, K. (2017) “grusht”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 573
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grusht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 126

Scots

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡrʌʃt]

Verb

grusht

  1. simple past tense and past participle of grush
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