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 (indefinite plural gërthja, definite singular gërthja, definite plural gërthjat)

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

Declension

Synonyms

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