bretkosë

Albanian

Bretkosë shumëngjyrëshe - A colorful frog

Alternative forms

• bretk, bretkocë, bretëkë

Etymology

Enlargement of bretk, contraction of archaic bretëkë, from (Ionic) Ancient Greek βρόταχος (brótakhos) (compare Romanian broatec, brotac (“tree frog”), Aromanian broatic, Sicilian vròtacu) See also breshkë.

Noun

bretkosë f (plural bretkosa, definite bretkosa, definite plural bretkosat)

1. frog
2. (swimming) breaststroke

Declension

Declension of bretkosë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	bretkosë	bretkosa	bretkosa	bretkosat
accusative			bretkosën
dative	bretkose	bretkosave	bretkosës	bretkosavet
ablative		bretkosash

See also

• fulterëz f
• zhabë f