grabë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- 'to scratch, dig'. Akin to Old High German grab (“grave”), Old Saxon graf, Common Slavic *grobъ (“grave”)[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrab(ə)/
  • Hyphenation: gra‧bë (or) grabë

Noun

grabë f (indefinite plural graba, definite singular graba, definite plural grabat)

  1. erosion, hollowing out

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden 2000, pp.136
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