breshtë
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *braištā, denasalized from *brainštā, deverbative of *brainja (modern brej (“to gnaw”)).[1]
Adjective
[edit]i breshtë
Derived terms
[edit]- (rough, crude): vrazhdë, pagdhendur
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “breshtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
Etymology 2
[edit]Syncopated form of bredhishtë (“fir forest, copse”), derivative of bredh (“fir”).[1]
Noun
[edit]breshtë f (plural breshta, definite breshta, definite plural breshtat)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bredh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 34