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Albanian
Etymology
Variant of vëth / vâth, from vëng / vang (“rim, hoop, ring”) + -th. By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek ἀάνθα (aántha, “earring”).
Noun
vath m (plural vathë, definite vathi, definite plural vathët)
- earring
- goat's dewlap
- Synonyms: rézhdë, lavárrëz, gáth
- (botany) catkin, ament
- Synonym: gáth
Declension
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vath”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor, page 40
Further reading
- “vath”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
Middle English
Etymology
From Old Norse váði (“danger”).
Noun
vath (plural vaths)
- Alternative form of wothe.
1909, John Barbour, The Bruce, Volume 1, digitized edition, Adam and Charlie Black, published 2010, page 124:
References
- A Concise Dictionary of Middle English, vath
Occitan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin vallis.
Pronunciation
Noun
vath f (plural vaths)
- (Gascony) valley
Dialectal variants