Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *gъrstь; compare Old Church Slavonic гръсть (grŭstĭ, fist, handful), Serbo-Croatian grst (handful), Bulgarian гръст (grǎst). An old borrowing, considering the rendering of *-s- as -sh- and *-ъ- as -u-.[1][2][3]

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Noun

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grusht m (plural grushte, definite grushti, definite plural grushtet)

  1. fist, handful
  2. punch
  3. attack, offensive

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References

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  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “grusht”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 149-150
  2. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “grusht”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 573
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grusht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 126

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Verb

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grusht

  1. simple past tense and past participle of grush