mrezhë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mërezhë, mrezë, mrezje, mbrezhë, mreshë, mërezhëjë

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, compare Serbo-Croatian mrȅža / мре̏жа, Bulgarian мре́жа (mréža), Macedonian мрежа (mreža), Romanian mreajă, Aromanian mreajã.

Noun

mrezhë f (definite mrezha) (dialectal)

1. net

   Synonym: rrjetë

   • 1954, Prralla popullore shqiptare, Tirana, page 3:

     Edhe ay vate nesret të gjuanjë për në shtëpi edhe tek hodh i mërezhën, zuri një peshk të mirë.

     And the next day he went fishing for the house and when he cast his net, he caught a good fish.

References

• Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “mrézh|ë -a”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “μρέζε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 256
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “mrezë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 296a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “mrežɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 288
• Miklosich, Franz (1870) “mreža”, in Die slavischen elemente im Albanischen (Albanische Forschungen; 1), Vienna, page 27