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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *m(e)lítā, from Proto-Indo-European *mélit (“honey”). Cognate to Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”).[1] In view of the -bl- cluster one might also consider as alternative Proto-Indo-European *mlīto (“sweet”), in Gothic bleiþs (“kind-hearted, merciful”), Old High German blīdi (“merry, glad”), Hittite (/miliddu/, “sweet”). Alternatively from *mbletë, a borrowing from Greco-Latin *melettum, from Ancient Greek μέλιττα (mélitta),[2] but this is unlikely.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbletə/
- Rhymes: -etə
- Hyphenation: blé‧të
Noun
bletë f (plural bletë, definite bleta, definite plural bletët)
- bee (insect)
- Synonym: mjalcë
- (collective) swarm (of bees)
- hive
- Synonyms: zgjua, krodhë, qengjë, koshere
- (adjective, figurative) quick, fast at work
Derived terms
References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 105
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bletë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
Further reading
- “bletë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “bletë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006