gledhë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gladā. Cognate to Old High German glat (“shining, even, smooth”), Latin glaber (“smooth”), Lithuanian glodùs (“smooth”), Proto-Slavic *gladiti (“to caress”).[1]

Noun

gledhë f (plural gledha, definite gledha, definite plural gledhat)

  1. caress

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gledhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 118
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