oreks

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek όρεξη (órexi).[1]

Noun

oreks m (definite oreksi)

  1. appetite
    Synonym: uri
    Oreksi vjen duke ngrënë. ― Appetite comes with eating.
  2. (figurative) thirst, desire
    Synonyms: lakmi, dëshirë

Declension

Declension of oreks
singular
indefinite definite
nominative oreks oreksi
accusative oreksin
dat./abl. oreksi oreksit

References

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “oréks”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 315

Further reading

  • “oreks”, 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) “oreks”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.