gdhend

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

gdhend (aorist gdhenda, participle gdhendur) (transitive)

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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

Further reading

  • gdhend”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980