lerth

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ablaut variant of larth ‘holly; ivy’, a diminutive in -th of lar ‘laurel’.[1]

Noun

lerth m (definite singular herthi)

  1. ivy (Hedera helix)
  2. field garlic (Allium oleraceum)

Synonyms
  1. urth, dredhkë
  2. hudhër e egër

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 219.
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