petrit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
petrit m (plural petritë, definite petriti, definite plural petritët) (zoology)
- hawk, goshawk, falcon
- eagle
- kestrel, common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- buzzard
- (figurative, also adjective) valiant, brave, valorous
Declension edit
Declension of petrit
Hyponyms edit
- petrit minjngrënës (“common buzzard”)
- petrit bishtbardhë (“long-legged buzzard”)
- petrit peshkngrënës (“osprey”)
- petrit grenxangrënës (“honey buzzard”)
Further reading edit
- “petrit”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “petrit”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “petrít”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362
- Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN