breshër

Albanian

Alternative forms

• breshën — Gheg
• breshk — South Gheg
• bresh — Arbëresh

Etymology

Singularized plural of *brash, from Proto-Albanian *brauša, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews-. Compare Dutch broos (“brittle”), Latin frustum (“shard”).

Noun

breshër m (definite breshri)

1. hail

Declension

Declension of breshër

	indefinite	definite
nominative	breshër	breshri
accusative		breshrin
dat./abl.	breshri	breshrit

Synonyms

• kokrrizë (“hail”)

Hyponyms

• breshër i imët (“sleet”)
• kokërr breshër (“hailstone”)

Derived terms

• bresharak
• breshëri
• breshërimë
• breshëritje
• breshëroj
• breshni
• breshnicë
• breshnuar

 

Compounds

• breshëllirë