radhë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *raðā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”), whence Old Norse ráða, German raten (“to advise; guess”). Alternatively related to rreth (“wheel”), close to Proto-Germanic *raðo (“row”) (compare Old Norse rǫð (“row”), Middle Low German gerade (“growing straight upwards”)), also connected to *rathan (“wheel”).[1]

Noun

radhë f (plural radhë, definite radha, definite plural radhët)

  1. row, queue, line, rank

Declension

Declension of radhë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative radhë radha radhë radhët
accusative radhën
dative radhe radhës radhëve radhëve
ablative radhësh

References

  1. ^ A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Vladimir Orel, Brill, Leiden Boston 2003, page 294

Further reading

  • “radhë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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