mbratë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • mbrat
  • mbërat — archaic

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-eh₂-teh₂,[n 1] from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”), prefixed with n-. Compare a possible close parallel Latin forda (“pregnant cow”).[1]

Adjective

mbratë

  1. (now dialectal Tosk) pregnant
    Synonyms: mbarsë, shtatzënë

Derived terms
  • mbëratësë

Notes
  1. The unexpected outcome -a- from *-eh₂- may be explained as irregular metathesis of the laryngeal: *-eh₂teh₂ > *-ah₂tah₂ > *-atʰah₂.[1]

References
  1. B. A. Olsen (2003) “Another Account of the Latin Adjectives in -idus”, in Historische Sprachforschung, volume 116, number 2, →JSTOR, page 250

Further reading
  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 105: “praegnans, gravida — mberatesse oò mberat”
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “*mbratë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
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