rrëshajë

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Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəˈʃajə/
  • Rhymes: -ajə
  • Hyphenation: rrë‧shá‧jë

Etymology 1

From Latin rosalia.

Alternative forms

Noun

rrëshajë f (plural rrëshajë, definite plural rrëshajët)

  1. (plural only) Pentecost

Etymology 2

Either identical to the aforementioned etymology or from rrëshqas (to slide, slip), a prefixal derivative of shqas/shkas (rrëshqanë (crawling, dragging) has a similar formation). Meyer likens it to the stem rrësh- while Barić to Latin vorrō.[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

rrëshajë f (plural rrëshája, definite rrëshája, definite plural rrëshájat) (Gheg)

  1. viper
    Synonym: nepërkë
  2. reptile
    Synonym: zvarranik
Declension

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrëshajë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 385

Further reading

  • “rrëshajë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • rrëshajë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “rrëshajë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 437