bretkosë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • bretk, bretkocë, bretëkë

Etymology

Enlargement of bretk, contraction of archaic bretëkë, from (Ionic) Ancient Greek βρόταχος (brótakhos) (compare Romanian broatec, brotac (“tree frog”), Aromanian broatic, Sicilian vròtacu) See also breshkë. [1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

bretkosë f (plural bretkosa, definite bretkosa, definite plural bretkosat)

  1. frog
  2. (swimming) breaststroke

Declension

Declension of bretkosë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bretkosë bretkosa bretkosa bretkosat
accusative bretkosën
dative bretkose bretkosës bretkosave bretkosave
ablative bretkosash

See also

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir. (1998). Albanian Etymological Dictionary.p 39
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.