rribë
Albanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *wribā, from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, to bend”). Close to Lithuanian virbas (“rod, birch-rod, twig”), Proto-Slavic *vьrba (“pussy-willow”).[1]
Noun
editrribë f (plural rriba, definite rriba, definite plural rribat)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rribë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 386