gërthje

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gërthije, gërthël

Etymology

Plurale tantum; contracted form of gërthije, plural of variant gërthël, from Proto-Albanian *kartˢila, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”) (compare Welsh crach (“crust”), Sanskrit कर्कर (karkara, “hard”)).

Noun

gërthje f (plural gërthja, definite gërthja, definite plural gërthjat)

1. crab
2. (figurative) pest, annoying person

Declension

Declension of gërthje

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	gërthje	gërthja	gërthja	gërthjat
accusative			gërthjen
dative	gërthje	gërthjave	gërthjes	gërthjavet
ablative		gërthjash

Synonyms

• gaforre