bëz

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəz/
  • Rhymes: -əz

Noun

bëz m (plural bëze, definite bëzi, definite plural bëzet)

  1. small hillock on a sand-shore
  2. (originally northern Tosk, Myzeqe) scum or dense plants floating as an island on ponds
  3. ridge of soil

Declension

Declension of bëz
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bëz bëzi bëze bëzet
accusative bëzin
dative bëzi bëzit bëzeve bëzeve
ablative bëzesh

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • bëz”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “bez”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 26