bredh

Albanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾɛð/

Etymology 1

Noun

bredh m (plural bredha, definite bredhi, definite plural bredhat)

  1. (botany) fir (Abies)
Declension
Hyponyms
Derived terms
  • bredhishtë, bredhtë, breshtë, brethkël

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *bredza, from earlier *breda, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrédʰ-e-ti (to wade), from *bʰredʰ- (compare Slovene brédem (I wade), Lithuanian breñda (he wades)).

Verb

bredh (aorist brodha, participle bredhur)

  1. to wander, roam, stroll
  2. to go fast, run
    Synonym: vrapoj
  3. to skip, jump, leap
    Synonym: hidhem
  4. to frolic, caper
  5. (transitive) to skip, ricochet, flit
  6. (transitive, colloquial) to stroll around, circumambulate
  7. (transitive, physics) to reflect
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • bredhacak
  • bredharak
  • bredhë
  • bredhës
  • bredhi
  • bredhje
  • bredhshëm
  • bredhur

References

  1. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 230
  2. Huld, Martin E. (1986). "Accentual Stratification of Ancient Greek Loanwords in Albanian". Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung. 99 (2): 245–253.
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