Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *purwa with -th suffix, related to Latvian purvs (swamp, marsh), Lithuanian purvas (filth, dirt).[1]

Noun

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purth m (definite purthi)

  1. diarrhea

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “purth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 351