mbart

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Prefixed form of bart, from Proto-Albanian *bar-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-eyō, further from *bʰer- (to bear, to carry). Compare Ancient Greek φορέω (phoréō). Cognate to Illyrian *bardia (id).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mbaɾt/

Verb

mbart (aorist mbarta, participle mbartur)

  1. to carry, transport, convey
  2. (financial) to carry over
  3. (figurative) to possess, hold

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbart”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 249

Further reading

  • mbart”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “mbart”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]