arrë

See also: arre, arré, and arrè

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *aruā, from Proto-Indo-European *areyis-. Compare Ancient Greek ἄρυα (árua), Latvian riẽksts, Old Church Slavonic орѣхъ (orěxŭ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːr/

Noun

arrë f (plural arra, definite arra, definite plural arrat)

  1. (botany) walnut (tree and fruit) (Juglans regia)

Declension

Declension of arrë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative arrë arra arra arrat
accusative arrën
dative arre arrës arrave arrave
ablative arrash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 82

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • “arrë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “arrë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3]
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