rris

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *writja, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (to turn); cognate with Sanskrit वर्तते (vartate), Latin vertere, German werden (to become).[1] Alternatively, a derivative of rri.[2] According to Matasović, the etymology is controversial and has no accepted source or substrate [3]

Verb

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rris (aorist rrita, participle rritur)

  1. to rear, bring up (children)
  2. to grow plants
  3. to breed domesticated animals
  4. to let overgrow
  5. to increase

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rris”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 387
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 353-4
  3. ^ Matasevic, R. (2019). A grammatical sketch of Albanian for students of Indo-European. Zadar.