Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From tërthor +‎ -të, the former a prefixal derivative with tër-, based on *thor, from Proto-Albanian *tsāsra, continuing Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-ro- (to cut). Cognate to Sanskrit शस्त (śásta, cut down, slaughtered), Ancient Greek κεάζω (keázō, to split).[1] Related to ther.

Adjective

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tërthortë (feminine tërthortëe)

  1. oblique, indirect

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tërthortë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 455