rribë

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wribā, from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (to turn, to bend). Close to Lithuanian virbas (rod, birch-rod, twig), Proto-Slavic *vьrba (pussy-willow).[1]

Noun

rribë f (plural rriba, definite rriba, definite plural rribat)

  1. gale, wind; waterfall, torrent

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rribë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 386