rëngë

See also: réngé, reņģe, and reņģē

Albanian

Etymology

Either an onomatopoeia, or from Proto-Germanic *hrengaz (ring), *hrengjan (to ring, to tinkle).[1]

Noun

rëngë f (plural rënga, definite rënga, definite plural rëngat)

  1. ring of phone, bell
  2. blast of gunshot, cannon etc.
  3. lament, cry

Declension

Declension of rëngë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rëngë rënga rënga rëngat
accusative rëngën
dative rënge rëngës rëngave rëngave
ablative rëngash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rëngë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 370