petrit

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πετρίτης (petrítis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /petˈɾit/
• Rhymes: -it
• Hyphenation: pet‧rít

Noun

petrit m (plural petritë, definite petriti, definite plural petritët) (zoology)

1. hawk, goshawk, falcon

   Synonyms: fajkua, skifter, gjeraqinë, gjerak

2. eagle

   Synonyms: shqiponjë, shqipe

3. kestrel, common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

   Synonyms: sokol, shahin, kaçubet, skifter, fajkua

4. buzzard

   Synonyms: hutë, orli

5. (figurative, also adjective) valiant, brave, valorous

Declension

Declension of petrit

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	petrit	petriti	petritë	petritët
accusative		petritin
dative	petriti	petritit	petritëve	petritëve
ablative			petritësh

Hyponyms

• petrit minjngrënës (“common buzzard”)
• petrit bishtbardhë (“long-legged buzzard”)
• petrit peshkngrënës (“osprey”)
• petrit grenxangrënës (“honey buzzard”)

Further reading

• “petrit”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “petrit”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “petrít”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362
• Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN

Anagrams

• pritet
• tertip