rrëshkatë

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Albanian

Etymology

Nominal derivative of rrëshkas~rrëshqas (“to slip”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəʃˈkatə/
  • Rhymes: -atə
  • Hyphenation: rrësh‧ká‧të

Noun

rrëshkatë f (plural rrëshkáta, definite rrëshkáta, definite plural rrëshkátat)

  1. landslide
    Synonym: rrëshqitë
  2. (figurative) great misfortune
    Synonym: fatkeqësi

References

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

Further reading

  • “rrëshkatë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “rrëshkatë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “rrëshkatë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 438
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