gërshërë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • gëshërë, gësherë, gërshanë (Gheg)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *carsānia, from *caesānia, from a derivative of Latin caesus (“cut”). Compare Italian cesoie (“shears”).[1]

Noun

gërshërë f (indefinite plural gërshëra, definite singular gërshëra, definite plural gërshërat)

  1. scissors
  2. shears, clippers
  3. rafter

Declension
Declension of gërshërë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gërshërë gërshëra gërshëra gërshërat
accusative gërshërën
dative gërshëre gërshërave gërshërës gërshëravet
ablative gërshërash

Derived terms
  • gërshërëz

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gërshërë ~ gërshanë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 116
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