krënd

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • krënde f (Tosk) (plurale tantum)
  • krende f (South Tosk) (plurale tantum)
  • krand m (Gheg)
  • krande f (Gheg) (plurale tantum)

Etymology

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”).

Noun

krënd m (indefinite plural krënde, definite singular krëndi, definite plural krëndet)

  1. tender thin branches cut up with leaves used for fodder for domestic animals
  2. dry thin brushwood used as tinder
  3. unshucked ear of corn

Derived terms
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