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
Declension of bredh
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bredh bredhi bredha bredhat
accusative bredhin
dative bredhi bredhit bredhave bredhave
ablative bredhash
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. ^ Forschungen, 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.