gravë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gravā, close to Lithuanian griovà, Latvian grava (“ravine, precipitous valley”), Old Prussian grauwus (“side”). Probably related to grabë[1].

Noun

gravë f (indefinite plural grava, definite singular grava, definite plural gravat)

  1. cave, den, lair

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.48
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