bjerr

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dišbera, from *diš- (away) +‎ *bera (to carry),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (to be carrying).

Verb

bjerr (aorist bora, participle bjerrë)

  1. (transitive) to lose, forfeit

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bjerr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 28

Further reading

  • bjerr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “bjerr”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary