gledhë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. caress

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gledhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 118