vath
See also: Vath
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of vëth / vâth, from vëng / vang (“rim, hoop, ring”) + -th.[1] By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek ἀάνθα (aántha, “earring”).[2]
Noun
[edit]vath m (plural vathë, definite vathi, definite plural vathët)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vath | vathi | vathë | vathët |
| accusative | vathin | |||
| dative | vathi | vathit | vathëve | vathëve |
| ablative | vathësh | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vath”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor[1], page 40
Further reading
[edit]- “vath”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse váði (“danger”).
Noun
[edit]vath (plural vaths)
- Alternative form of wothe.
- 1909, John Barbour, The Bruce, Volume 1[2], digitized edition, Adam and Charlie Black, published 2010, page 124:
- With few menyhe mycht soyn thame scath, / And yhet eschape withouten vath.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
[edit]- A Concise Dictionary of Middle English, vath