vesh

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *wesi, from earlier *ōusi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws- and dual ending *-ih₁. Cognate with Lithuanian ausi̇̀s (id), Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), Latin auris.

Noun

vesh m (plural veshë, definite veshi, definite plural veshët)

  1. ear
  2. handle (on a mug, pot, etc.)
    Synonym: veshul
  3. mouldboard
  4. eye of a needle
    Synonym: veshëz
  5. (anatomy) auricle (of heart)
Declension
Declension of vesh
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vesh veshi veshë veshët
accusative veshin
dative veshi veshit veshëve veshëve
ablative veshësh
Derived terms
Compounds
  • veshbigë
  • veshcurr
  • veshgomar
  • veshgjatë
  • veshlepur
  • veshlopatë
  • veshllapush
  • veshmadh
  • veshpipëz
  • veshqiqër
  • veshqok
  • veshrëndë
  • veshshkurtër
  • veshshpuar
  • veshvogël

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *wesja, from Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti, from *wes- (compare English wear, Sanskrit वस्ते (vaste), Tocharian B wäs-, Latin vestis).

Verb

vesh

  1. to dress, clothe
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Possibly akin to Lithuanian vai̇̃sius (fruit), alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō (vine) or perhaps even the same as for the sense ear.[1] By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek βαίεσσα (baíessa, bunch of grapes).[2]

Noun

vesh m (plural veshë, definite veshi, definite plural veshët)

  1. vine
  2. small bunch of grapes
Declension
Declension of vesh
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vesh veshi veshë veshët
accusative veshin
dative veshi veshit veshëve veshëve
ablative veshësh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vesh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 501
  2. ^ Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor[1], page 41

Romani

Noun

vesh m (plural vesha)

  1. Anglicized form of veś