purth

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

purth m (definite purthi)

  1. diarrhea

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

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