rribë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wribā, from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, to bend”). Close to Lithuanian virbas (“rod, birch-rod, twig”), Proto-Slavic *vьrba (“pussy-willow”).[1]

Noun

rribë f (plural rriba, definite rriba, definite plural rribat)

  1. gale, wind; waterfall, torrent

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rribë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
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