Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *serba, from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-, cognate to Latin sorbeō, Proto-Slavic *sьrbati.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɟɛɾb], [ɟʝɛɻb]

Verb

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gjerb (aorist gjerba, participle gjerbur)

  1. to sip, slurp

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjerb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 132-133