bolbë

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic term derived from the otherwise unattested Proto-Slavic *bolьba, a derivative of *bolь (pain).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bolbë f (plural bolba, definite bolba, definite plural bolbat)

  1. disaster, sorrow, calamity
    Synonym: kob
  2. quarrel
    Synonym: zënkë

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bolbë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 31