dryshk

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *drūdz(i)ska, derived from *drūdza > drydhët.[1] Compare Lithuanian druska (salt). Alternatively, it might represent a prefixal derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (red).

Noun

dryshk m (plural dryshqe, definite dryshku, definite plural dryshqet)

  1. rust

Declension

Declension of dryshk
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dryshk dryshku dryshqe dryshqet
accusative dryshkun
dative dryshku dryshkut dryshqeve dryshqeve
ablative dryshqesh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 77