rrëshek

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • rrëshiq

Etymology

Orel links it to rrush (“grape”), Çabej to shakull (“downpour”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəˈʃek/
  • Rhymes: -ek
  • Hyphenation: rrë‧shék

Noun

rrëshek m (plural rrëshékë, definite rrëshéku, definite plural rrëshékët)

  1. wineskin, skin bag
  2. bladder, senna
  3. (figurative, Gheg) storm, gale, downpour, torrent
    Synonym: shakull

Declension

Declension of rrëshek
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rrëshek rrësheku rrëshekë rrëshekët
accusative rrëshekun
dative rrësheku rrëshekut rrëshekëve rrëshekëve
ablative rrëshekësh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrëshek”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 385

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “rrëshek”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “rrëshek”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 438
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