gërthje

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gërthije, gërthël

Etymology

Plurale tantum; contracted form of gërthije, plural of variant gërthël, from Proto-Albanian *kartˢila, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”) (compare Welsh crach (“crust”), Sanskrit कर्कर (karkara, “hard”)).

Noun

gërthje f (plural gërthja, definite gërthja, definite plural gërthjat)

1. crab
2. (figurative) pest, annoying person

Declension

Declension of gërthje

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gërthje	gërthja	gërthja	gërthjat
accusative		gërthjen
dative	gërthjeje	gërthjes	gërthjave	gërthjave
ablative			gërthjash

Synonyms

• gaforre