mëz

See also: mez, MEZ, méz, mez', and měź

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Tosk form of Gheg mâz, from Old Albanian manz (Buzuku), from Proto-Albanian *mandja, from *mand- (“to feed (trans.), suckle”) (modern mënd).[1][2] Close related to Messapic menza (“foal”). Lent Romanian mânz.[1] More at mënd.

Noun

mëz m (plural mëza, definite mëzi, definite plural mëzat)

  1. foal
  2. colt

Declension

Declension of mëz
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mëz mëzi mëza mëzat
accusative mëzin
dative mëzi mëzit mëzave mëzave
ablative mëzash

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mëz”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 265
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 267
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