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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from South Slavic, from Ancient Greek ποτήριον (potḗrion). Compare Romanian potir.
Noun
potír m (plural potírë, definite potíri, definite plural potírët)
- cup, glass, chalice
- Synonym: gotë
References
- “potir”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “calix, bicchiero — putyr”
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic потирь (potirĭ), from Ancient Greek ποτήριον (potḗrion).
Noun
potir n (plural potire)
- chalice
Declension