bëz

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bez, beze

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəz/
• Rhymes: -əz

Noun

bëz m (plural bëze, definite bëzi, definite plural bëzet)

1. small hillock on a sand-shore
2. (originally northern Tosk, Myzeqe) scum or dense plants floating as an island on ponds
3. ridge of soil

Declension

Declension of bëz

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bëz	bëzi	bëze	bëzet
accusative		bëzin
dative	bëzi	bëzit	bëzeve	bëzeve
ablative			bëzesh

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “bëz”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “bez”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 26