Albanian

Alternative forms

• grûnë (Gheg)

Noun

grurë m (indefinite plural grura, definite singular gruri, definite plural grurërat)

1. wheat (Triticum)
   • 1994, Bibla, Diodati i Ri version, Albanian Bible Society, Deuteronomy 8:8:

     një vend me grurë dhe elb, me vreshta, me fiq dhe shegë, një vend me ullinj që japin vaj dhe me mjaltë;

     A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

Derived terms

• grurë bolle, grurë breshke, grurth ‘mouse barley' (Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum), 'wall barley’ (Hordeum murinum)
• grurëkuq ‘red wheat’
• grurë lepuri ‘bulbous barley’ (Hordeum bulbosum)
• grurë i vermë ‘summer wheat’

References

• “wheat” in Ilo Stefanllari, Albanian Practical Dictionary (1996)