hardhje

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • hardhicë, hardhiçkë, hardhël, hardhël(ë), hardhëjë (Tosk), hardhucë, hardhushkë

Etymology

From *hardhë,[1] from Proto-Albanian *skardā (“digger”), from Proto-Indo-European *skord- (compare Ancient Greek σκορδύλος (skordúlos, “newt”), Lithuanian skardùs (“deep”), Latvian skārdît (“to divide”)), from *sker- (“to cut”). More at harr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [haɾˈðje] (Standard)

Noun

hardhje f (plural hardhje, definite hardhja, definite plural hardhjet)

  1. lizard

Declension
Declension of hardhje
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative hardhje hardhje hardhja hardhjet
accusative hardhjen
dative hardhjeje hardhjeve hardhjes hardhjeve
ablative hardhjesh

Synonyms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hardhël f. Pl. hardhla 'lizard'. Other variants are hardhje, hardhicë, hardhucë, hardhushkë.”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 143
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