probatin
Albanian
Alternative forms
- probotin, probotim, pobratim, probatim, pobrotî — dialectal
Etymology
Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *pobratimъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾobaˈtin/
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
probatin m (plural probatinë, definite probatini, definite plural probatinët)
- blood brother
- Synonym: vëllam
- (figurative) close friend, companion
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | probatin | probatini | probatinë | probatinët |
| accusative | probatinin | |||
| dative | probatini | probatinit | probatinëve | probatinëve |
| ablative | probatinësh | |||
Derived terms
- pobratinë
- pobrotinohem
- probateshë
References
- “probatín,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980, page 1550b
- Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “probatim”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)[2], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 214
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “pobrotî […] probatín”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 403a
- Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “προbοτῖ-νι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 345
- Meyer, G. (1891) “probotím”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 354