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Albanian
Etymology
A Gheg loan, from rërë / rânë (“sand”) + -ishtë.
Pronunciation
Noun
ranishtë f (plural ranishta, definite ranishta, definite plural ranishtat)
- sandbank, shoal
- sandy soil
- sandpit (for extraction)
Declension
References
- “ranishtë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1633a
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “rânishte […] ranishtë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 423a