gand

See also: Gand and gând

Albanian

Etymology

Competing etymologies. Possibly:

  1. from Proto-Albanian *ganda, close to Lithuanian gañdas (“rumor”), gañdinti (“to frighten”), Latvian gañdêt (“to spoil”),[1]
  2. identical with ganë, participle of gas, ngas.[2]

Noun

gand m (plural gande, definite gandi, definite plural gandet)

  1. accident, vice, defeat

Declension

Declension of gand
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gand gandi gande gandet
accusative gandin
dative gandi gandit gandeve gandeve
ablative gandesh

Adverb

gand

  1. suddenly, accidentally

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gand”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 109
  2. ^ Çabej, E. (1976). Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Priština: Rilindja, page 204

Icelandic

Noun

gand

  1. indefinite accusative singular of gandur

Old Norse

Noun

gand

  1. accusative singular of gandr
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