bredh

Albanian

Alternative forms

• brec, breth, brethk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾɛð/

Etymology 1

• Singularized plural of *bradh, from Proto-Albanian *bardza, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrh₁ǵós (“birch”). On the other hand, Matzinger reconstructs Proto-Albanian *braȷ́ʉh sg, *braȷ́ai pl. Compare Lithuanian béržas, Czech bříza, Ossetian бӕрз (bærz), English birch, Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá, “Himalayan birch”)). Possibly the source of Romanian brad (“fir”).
• Alternatively, A part of a series of loan words from unattested ancient Greek dialects labeled as Macedonian because it was akin to the native idiom of the Greek-speaking population in the Argead Kingdom. borrowed as Ancient Macedonian *brathy (“savin”), with Romanian brad having the same Greek dialectal origin, the Greek itself being of ultimate Semitic provenance).

Noun

bredh m (plural bredha, definite bredhi, definite plural bredhat)

1. (botany) fir (Abies)

Declension

Hyponyms

• bredh i zi (“Norway spruce”) (Picea abies)

Derived terms

• bredhishtë, bredhtë, breshtë, brethkël

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *bredza, from earlier *breda, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrédʰ-e-ti (“to wade”), from *bʰredʰ- (compare Slovene brédem (“I wade”), Lithuanian breñda (“he wades”)).

Verb

bredh (aorist brodha, participle bredhur)

1. to wander, roam, stroll
2. to go fast, run

   Synonym: vrapoj

3. to skip, jump, leap

   Synonym: hidhem

4. to frolic, caper
5. (transitive) to skip, ricochet, flit
6. (transitive, colloquial) to stroll around, circumambulate
7. (transitive, physics) to reflect

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