hardhje

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • hardhicë, hardhiçkë, hardhël, hardhël(ë), hardhëjë (Tosk), hardhucë, hardhushkë

Etymology

From *hardhë,[1] from Proto-Albanian *skardā (“digger”), from Proto-Indo-European *skord- (compare Ancient Greek σκορδύλος (skordúlos, “newt”), Lithuanian skardùs (“deep”), Latvian skārdît (“to divide”)), from *sker- (“to cut”). More at harr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [haɾˈðje] (Standard)

Noun

hardhje f (plural hardhje, definite hardhja, definite plural hardhjet)

  1. lizard

Declension

Declension of hardhje
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hardhje hardhja hardhje hardhjet
accusative hardhjen
dative hardhjeje hardhjes hardhjeve hardhjeve
ablative hardhjesh

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hardhël f. Pl. hardhla 'lizard'. Other variants are hardhje, hardhicë, hardhucë, hardhushkë.”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 143
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