Jump to content

breshkë

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Albanian

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Probably borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *brosca, or *broscus, broxae (“frog”) (compare Romanian broască, Old French bruesche, Milanese Lombard brosco), from Ionic Ancient Greek βρόθακος (bróthakos).[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]
This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

Noun

[edit]

breshkë f (plural breshka, definite breshka, definite plural breshkat)

  1. tortoise

Declension

[edit]
Declension of breshkë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative breshkë breshka breshka breshkat
accusative breshkën
dative breshke breshkës breshkave breshkave
ablative breshkash

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 28

Further reading

[edit]
  • “breshkë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “breshkë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=breshkë&oldid=83167362"