gledhë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gladā. Cognate to Old High German glat (“shining, even, smooth”), Latin glaber (“smooth”), Lithuanian glodùs (“smooth”), Slavic *gladiti 'to caress'[1].

Noun

gledhë f (indefinite plural gledha, definite singular gledha, definite plural gledhat)

  1. caress

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.118
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