vorbë

See also: Vorbë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • vorbe

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wāribā, further origin disputed, a semantic development from original "turning, whirling" to "clay pot" is reasonable, compare vorbull and vorbëtirë and toponyms which unlikely would be named after an object but rather than a whirlpool or other natural phenomenons, thus compare "Maja e Vorbës".[1][2] The countless derivations of this word speak in favour of an inherited word rather than a borrowing, which, naturally, would not deliver many word formations relatively compared to inherited ones. Could also be an ancient loanword of Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvoɾbə/
  • Rhymes: -oɾbə
  • Homophone: Vorbë

Noun

vórbë f (plural vorba, definite vorba, definite plural vorbat)

  1. pipkin, clay pot used to boil food
    Synonym: poçe

Declension

Declension of vorbë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vorbë vorba vorba vorbat
accusative vorbën
dative vorbe vorbës vorbave vorbave
ablative vorbash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 423-424
  2. ^ Eqrem Çabej, Studime gjuhësore P-Zh, Rilindja 1986, 302.

Further reading

  • “vorbë”, 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]‎[2], 1980
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