mbret
English
Noun
mbret (plural mbrets)
- Alternative form of mpret.
Albanian
Alternative forms
- mbëret
- mret — Gheg [mɾɛt][1]
- μπρέτ (mbrét) — Arvanitika [mbɾɛt][2]
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *imperātus (compare Romanian împărat, Aromanian ampirat), from Latin imperātor.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mbɾɛt]
Noun
mbret m (plural mbretër, definite mbreti, definite plural mbretërit)
- king (monarch or chess piece)
- Synonym: regj
- (card games) king in a pack of playing cards
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mbret | mbreti | mbretër | mbretërit |
| accusative | mbretin | |||
| dative | mbreti | mbretit | mbretërve | mbretërve |
| ablative | mbretërish | |||
Derived terms
- mbretëreshë
- mbretëri
- mbretërim
- mbretëroj
- mbretëror, mbretërore
- mpret
Descendants
See also
| Chess pieces in Albanian · figurat e shahut (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mbret | mbretëreshë | kullë | fil | kalë | ushtar |
References
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 83, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 204, by Markos Botsaris
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbret”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 252