rrëzë
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Denasalized variant of dialectal rrënzë, diminutive of rrënjë (“root”) in -zë.[1][2]
Noun edit
rrëzë f (plural rrëza, definite rrëza, definite plural rrëzat)
- base, foot (of tree, hill, mountain), riverbank, edge of a forest
- place where an organ or limb is attached to the body
- (figurative) cranny, hidden nook
- (colloquial) root
- (botany) blackberry, bramble
Declension edit
Declension of rrëzë
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References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrëzë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 351