See also: trêve

Albanian

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Etymology

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Pokorny (1959) attributed it to Proto-Indo-European *treb-, *trē̆b, *trōb (building, dwelling) (cf. Latin trabs (balk, beam), Welsh tref (dwelling), Lithuanian trobà (house, edifice, building), Old English ðorp.[1]

Orel[2] and Çabej[3] attributed it to Middle Greek τρέβα "truce", itself from treve (also Old French trieve, whence French trêve), from Frankish *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (fidelity; pledge).

Noun

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trevë f (plural treva, definite treva, definite plural trevat)

  1. region, province, territory
    Synonyms: krahinë, tokë, truall, vend
  2. pasture, meadow
    Synonyms: luadh, lëndinë, fushë

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke, pp.1090
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “trevë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 464
  3. ^ Çabej, Eqrem. 1986. Studime gjuhësore I-VIII. Prishtinë: Rilindja. Page 194

Further reading

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  • “trevë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • trevë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “trevë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 524