rrebesh

Albanian

Etymology

Related to rribë.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈbeʃ/
  • Rhymes: -eʃ
  • Hyphenation: rre‧bésh

Noun

rrebesh m (plural rrebéshe, definite rrebéshi, definite plural rrebéshet)

  1. downpour, rainstorm, shower, torrent
    Synonym: shi
  2. (figurative) swarm, onrush
    Synonym: grumbull
  3. (figurative) calamity, catastrophe, misfortune
    Synonyms: fatkeqësi, mynxyrë

Declension

Declension of rrebesh
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rrebesh rrebeshi rrebeshe rrebeshet
accusative rrebeshin
dative rrebeshi rrebeshit rrebesheve rrebesheve
ablative rrebeshesh

Derived terms

  • rrebeshtë

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrebesh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 379

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “rrebesh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “rrebésh”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 433
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