breshkë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• breçkë

Etymology

Probably borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *brosca, or *broscus, broxae (“frog”) (compare Romanian broască, Old French bruesche, Milanese Lombard brosco), from Ionic Ancient Greek βρόθακος (bróthakos).

Noun

breshkë f (plural breshka, definite breshka, definite plural breshkat)

1. tortoise

Declension

Declension of breshkë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	breshkë	breshka	breshka	breshkat
accusative			breshkën
dative	breshke	breshkave	breshkës	breshkavet
ablative		breshkash