vesh

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *wesi, from earlier *ōusi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws- and dual ending *-ih₁. Cognate with Lithuanian ausìs (“id”), Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), Latin auris.

Noun

vesh m (plural veshë, definite veshi, definite plural veshët)

1. ear
2. handle (on a mug, pot, etc.)

   Synonym: veshul

3. mouldboard
4. eye of a needle

   Synonym: veshëz

5. (anatomy) auricle (of heart)

Declension

Declension of vesh

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vesh	veshi	veshë	veshët
accusative		veshin
dative	veshi	veshit	veshëve	veshëve
ablative			veshësh

Derived terms

• veshak
• veshas
• veshatak
• veshë
• veshël
• veshëz
• veshnik
• veshok
• veshor
• veshq
• veshtë
• veshuk
• veshul

 

Compounds

• veshbigë
• veshcurr
• veshgomar
• veshgjatë
• veshlepur
• veshlopatë
• veshllapush
• veshmadh
• veshpipëz
• veshqiqër
• veshqok
• veshrëndë
• veshshkurtër
• veshshpuar
• veshvogël

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *wesja, from Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti, from *wes- (compare English wear, Sanskrit वस्ते (vaste), Tocharian B wäs-, Latin vestis).

Verb

vesh

1. to dress, clothe

Derived terms

• kërveshem

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Possibly akin to Lithuanian vaĩsius (“fruit”), alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō (“vine”) or perhaps even the same as for the sense “ear”. By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek βαίεσσα (baíessa, “bunch of grapes”).

Noun

vesh m (plural veshë, definite veshi, definite plural veshët)

1. vine
2. small bunch of grapes

Declension

Declension of vesh

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vesh	veshi	veshë	veshët
accusative		veshin
dative	veshi	veshit	veshëve	veshëve
ablative			veshësh

Romani

Noun

vesh m (plural vesha)

1. Anglicized form of veś