gardh
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *garẟ-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose, to encircle”) (compare English yard or garden, Latin hortus, Lithuanian gar̃das).[2] A potential loanword from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gards) is also supported. [3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaɾð/
Noun
gardh m (plural gjerdhe / gardhe, definite gardhi, definite plural gjerdhet / gardhet)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gardh | gardhi | gjerdhe | gjerdhet |
| accusative | gardhin | |||
| dative | gardhi | gardhit | gjerdheve | gjerdheve |
| ablative | gjerdhesh | |||
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gardh | gardhe | gardhe | gardhet |
| accusative | gardhen | |||
| dative | gardhe | gardhet | gardheve | gardheve |
| ablative | gardhesh | |||
Derived terms
- gardhë, gardhën, gardhec
- gardhoj, gardhënor, gardhishte
- gardhnajë, gardhiqe, zhgardhoj
References
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) “gardh”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 175
- ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 211
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2019). A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for Students of Indo-European. Zagreb. Page 39