verzë

See also: verze

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wardjā, from Proto-Indo-European *u̯orHd-i/o (“frog”). Compare Lithuanian var̂de, Armenian գորտ (gort)).

Noun

verzë f (plural verza, definite verza, definite plural verzat)

  1. (ichthyology) fish gill
  2. (agriculture) mouldboard
    Synonym: vesh
  3. (agriculture) triangular yoke around a pig's neck to block it from squeezing through narrow spaces

Declension

Declension of verzë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative verzë verza verza verzat
accusative verzën
dative verze verzës verzave verzave
ablative verzash

Further reading

  • “verzë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “verzë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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