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mëz

See also: mez, MEZ, méz, mez', and měź

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Tosk form of Gheg mâz, from Old Albanian manz (Buzuku), from Proto-Albanian *mandja, from *mand- (“to feed (trans.), suckle”) (modern mënd).[1][2] Close related to Messapic menza (“foal”). Lent Romanian mânz.[1] More at mënd.

Noun

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mëz m (plural mëza, definite mëzi, definite plural mëzat)

  1. foal
  2. colt

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mëz”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 265
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 267
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