bishë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vulgar Latin bīstia (compare Italian biscia, French biche), from Latin bēstia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bishë f (plural bisha, definite bisha, definite plural bishat)

  1. beast, wild animal
    • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, Genesis 7:21, page 60v, lines 51–54:
      e atȣ ȣ bduor / ћiξe miss e corp: ћi per enbii ξeet ȣ ћett: / ɛoite stansete ћovedate bisete. E ћiξe stã/seh ћi ꝑ enbii ξeet clhe: e ћiξe nierij:
      [e aty u bduor gjithë mish e korp qi për ëmbī dhēt u gjet: zojtë, shtansëtë, govedatë, bishëtë, e gjithë shtansë qi për ëmbī dhēt kle, e gjithë nierī.]
      And there He destroyed all flesh and every body that was on the earth: birds, animals, livestock, beasts, and every animal that was on the earth, and every man.
    1. (colloquial) wolf
      Synonym: ujk
    2. (archaic) badger
      Synonym: baldosë
    3. (archaic) hamster
  2. (figurative) beast, violent or immoral person
  3. (biology) shipworm, teredo (Teredo)
    bisha e barkavenaval shipworm (Teredo navalis)

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References

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  • “bísh/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 149b
  • Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “bisha”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 33
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “bishë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 30b
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “bίσ̈ε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 47
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “bišɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 38
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “bìsc”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 78a
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bishë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 27