bletë

See also: blete

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bjetë, mbletë, bgjetë, gjetë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *m(e)lítā, from Proto-Indo-European *mélit (“honey”). Cognate to Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”). In view of the -bl- cluster one might also consider as alternative Proto-Indo-European *mlīto (“sweet”), in Gothic bleiþs (“kind-hearted, merciful”), Old High German blīdi (“merry, glad”), Hittite [Term?] (/⁠miliddu⁠/, “sweet”). Alternatively from *mbletë, a borrowing from Greco-Latin *melettum, from Ancient Greek μέλιττα (mélitta), but this is unlikely.

Alternatively reconstructed as coming from Proto-Albanian *mletə < Pre-Proto-Albanian *m(e)lítā- / *mlai̯tā- "belonging to honey".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbletə/
• Rhymes: -etə
• Hyphenation: blé‧të

Noun

bletë f (plural bletë, definite bleta, definite plural bletët)

1. bee (insect)

   Synonym: mjalcë

2. (collective) swarm (of bees)
3. hive

   Synonyms: zgjua, krodhë, qengjë, koshere

4. (adjective, figurative) quick, fast at work

Declension

Declension of bletë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bletë	bleta	bletë	bletët
accusative		bletën
dative	blete	bletës	bletëve	bletëve
ablative			bletësh

Derived terms

• bletakapëse
• bletangrënës
• bletar
• bletari
• bletarritës
• bletëz
• bletore
• bonjë

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980
• “bletë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006