purth

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

purth m (definite purthi)

  1. diarrhea

Declension
Declension of purth
indefinite definite
nominative purth purthi
accusative purthin
dat./abl. purthi purthit

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