breshtë
Albanian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Albanian *braištā, denasalized from *brainštā, deverbative of *brainja (modern brej (“to gnaw”)).[1]
Adjective
editi breshtë
Derived terms
edit- (rough, crude): vrazhdë, pagdhendur
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “breshtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
Etymology 2
editSyncopated form of bredhishtë (“fir forest, copse”), derivative of bredh (“fir”).[1]
Noun
editbreshtë f (plural breshta, definite breshta, definite plural breshtat)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bredh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 34