krënd
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- krënde f — Tosk (plurale tantum)
- krende f — South Tosk (plurale tantum)
- krand m — Gheg
- krande f — Gheg (plurale tantum)
Etymology edit
Tosk variant of Gheg krand, from Proto-Albanian *ka-randa, from Proto-Indo-European *rendʰ- (“to tear”). Compare English rend, Sanskrit रन्ध्र (rándhra, “fissure, split”).[1]
Noun edit
krënd m (plural krënde, definite krëndi, definite plural krëndet)
- tender thin branches cut up with leaves used for fodder for domestic animals
- dry thin brushwood used as tinder
- unshucked ear of corn
Declension edit
Declension of krënd
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “krënd”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 196