gdhend

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From g(ë)- + Old Albanian dhend (Bogdani), from Proto-Albanian *denta, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Compare Old Norse detta (“to fall, drop”).[1]

Verb

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gdhend (aorist gdhenda, participle gdhendur)

  1. to trim, smooth out, plane (wood)
  2. to carve, sculpture
  3. to give form

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gdhend”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 175
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