krinë

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾinə/
• Rhymes: -inə

Borrowed from Bulgarian кри́на (krína, “bushel”), compare Aromanian crinã (“bushel; beehive”), dialectal Greek κρίνα (krína, “beehive”).

krinë f (plural krina) (dialectal)

1. swarm (of bees)

   Synonym: tufë

2. beehive

   Synonyms: zgjua, koshere

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “krinë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 215a
• Papahagi, T. (1974) “crínă”, in Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, 2nd edition (overall work in Romanian and French), Bucharest, page 387
• Edukata e Ré. Revistë pedagogjike (in Albanian), number 5, Tirana: Gutenberg, 1930, page 209a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “κρίνε̯”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 177

Borrowed from Greek κρίνο n (kríno), dialectal κρίνα f (krína, “lily”).

krinë f (dialectal)

1. lily

   Synonym: zambak

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “krinë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 215a

krinë f (dialectal)

1. alternative form of krin m

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “krin […] -ë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 215a