purth

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

purth m (indefinite plural purthe, definite singular purthi, definite plural purthet)

  1. diarrhea

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.351
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