kërbë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *karbā, related to Latin corbis (“basket”), Lithuanian karbas (“basket”), Latvian karba (“birch bark vessel”).[1]

Noun

kërbë f (plural kërba, definite kërba, definite plural kërbat)

  1. tub, barrel

Declension

Declension of kërbë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kërbë kërba kërba kërbat
accusative kërbën
dative kërbe kërbës kërbave kërbave
ablative kërbash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kërbë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 180

Further reading

  • Newmark, L. (1999) “kërbë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[1]
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