strehë
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from South Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *strěxa.[1][2][3]
Noun
[edit]strehë f (plural strehë, definite streha)
- eaves (of a roof)
- shelter, shed
- house, place to live
- (figurative) shelter, protection
- Synonym: mbrojtje
- kërkoj strehë ― to seek shelter
- bill, brim (of a hat)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “strehε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 394
- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “strehë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 249
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “strehë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 403