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gërmadhë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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A relatively early borrowing from Proto-Slavic *gromada.[1] See also Romanian grămadă.

Noun

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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

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

References

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

Further reading

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  • “gërmadhë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “gërmadhë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “gërmadhë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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