kruaj

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === krruaj — Tosk kruej, krruej, kruj, kroj — Gheg === Etymology === From *kroj, from Proto-Albanian *krābnja, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-. Compare German graben (“to dig”), Lithuanian grebti (“to rake”) Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *krawånj-, from Old High German krauwōn. Or from North-West IE *kna-ye- ‘scratch’, cf. Welsh cnoi, Old High German nōen, Lithuanian knója, Ancient Greek κναίω (knaíō) === Verb === kruaj (aorist krova, participle kruar) (transitive) to rub, to scratch (an itch) (bodyparts in general) to scrape, to wipe off (something from a surface) (figurative) to search everywhere for; to search up ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== kreh kruese f, kruesja f kruhem (mediopassive) kruar (participle) === References === === Further reading === “kruaj”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026