pabesë

Albanian

Etymology

From pa- +‎ besë +‎ -ë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈbesə/
• Rhymes: -esə

Adjective

i pabesë

1. unfaithful, disloyal, treacherous, dishonest (of a person)

   Antonym: besnik

2. treacherous, treasonous, dishonest (of an action)

   sulm i pabesë ― treacherous attack

3. lying, untruthful, deceptive, fake

   Synonym: i gënjeshtërt

4. (archaic) unfaithful, infidel; of a different religion from the speaker's

   Synonym: i pafe

Derived terms

• pabesi
• pabesim
• pabesisht

 

Related terms

• i pabesuar
• i pabesueshëm

 

Descendants

• → Greek: μπαμπέσης (bampésis)

Noun

i pabesë m

1. traitor, betrayer
2. infidel, unbeliever

Noun

të pabesë n (uncountable)

1. dishonesty, disloyalty

   Synonym: pabesi

References

• “pabesë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1317b