vorbë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• vorbe

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wāribā, further origin disputed, a semantic development from original "turning, whirling" to "clay pot" is reasonable, compare vorbull and vorbëtirë and toponyms which unlikely would be named after an object but rather than a whirlpool or other natural phenomenons, thus compare "Maja e Vorbës". The countless derivations of this word speak in favour of an inherited word rather than a borrowing, which, naturally, would not deliver many word formations relatively compared to inherited ones. Could also be an ancient loanword of Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús).

Noun

vorbë f (plural vorba, definite vorba, definite plural vorbat)

1. pipkin, clay pot used to boil food

Declension

Declension of vorbë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vorbë	vorba	vorba	vorbat
accusative		vorbën
dative	vorbeje	vorbës	vorbave	vorbave
ablative			vorbash

Derived terms

• vorbar
• vorbaxhi
• vorbës
• vorbëtar
• vorbëtinë
• vorbëz
• vorbull