mbretëreshë
See also: mbretëreshe
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- mbretneshë — Gheg
- mretneshë — Gheg
Etymology
[edit]From mbretër + -eshë. Compare Romanian împărăteasă.
Noun
[edit]mbretëreshë f (plural mbretëresha, definite mbretëresha, definite plural mbretëreshat)
- queen (monarch or chess piece)
- wife of the king, queen consort
- queen bee
- Synonyms: matkë, parëz, bletë mëmë
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mbretëreshë | mbretëresha | mbretëresha | mbretëreshat |
| accusative | mbretëreshën | |||
| dative | mbretëreshe | mbretëreshës | mbretëreshave | mbretëreshave |
| ablative | mbretëreshash | |||
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “mbretëreshë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “mbret”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 272