breshkë

See also: breshke

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • breçkë

Etymology

Probably borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *brosca, or *broscus, broxae (“frog”) (compare Romanian broască, Old French bruesche, Milanese Lombard brosco), from Ionic Ancient Greek βρόθακος (bróthakos).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

breshkë f (plural breshka, definite breshka, definite plural breshkat)

  1. tortoise

Declension

Declension of breshkë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative breshkë breshka breshka breshkat
accusative breshkën
dative breshke breshkës breshkave breshkave
ablative breshkash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 28

Further reading

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