bishë
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin bīstia (compare Italian biscia, French biche), from Latin bēstia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bishë f (plural bisha, definite bisha, definite plural bishat)
- beast, wild animal
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, Genesis 7:21, page 60v, lines 51–54:
- e atȣ ȣ bduor / ћiξe miss e corp: ћi per enbii ξeet ȣ ћett: / ɛoite stansete ћovedate bisete. E ћiξe stã/seh ћi ꝑ enbii ξeet clhe: e ћiξe nierij:
- [e aty u bduor gjithë mish e korp qi për ëmbī dhēt u gjet: zojtë, shtansëtë, govedatë, bishëtë, e gjithë shtansë qi për ëmbī dhēt kle, e gjithë nierī.]
- And there He destroyed all flesh and every body that was on the earth: birds, animals, livestock, beasts, and every animal that was on the earth, and every man.
- (figurative) beast, violent or immoral person
- (biology) shipworm, teredo (Teredo)
- bisha e barkave ― naval shipworm (Teredo navalis)
Declension edit
Declension of bishë
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bísh/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 149b
- Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “bisha”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 33
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “bishë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 30b
- Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “bίσ̈ε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης (in Greek), Athens, page 47
- Meyer, G. (1891) “bišɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 38
- Rossi, F. (1875) “bìsc”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 78a
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bishë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 27