rreth

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ratsa, from *rat(i)tsa, from pre-Albanian *róth₂iḱom, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *Hrot-h₂-ó- (“wheel”), from *Hret- (“to roll”) (compare Lithuanian rãtas, German Rad).[1] Plural formation of rrath.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛθ/

Noun

rreth m (plural rrathë, definite rrethi, definite plural rrathët)

  1. circle
  2. (politics, historical) district (former subdivision of Albania)
  3. hoop, ring
  4. wheel rim

Declension

Declension of rreth
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rreth rrethi rrathë rrathët
accusative rrethin
dative rrethi rrethit rrathëve rrathëve
ablative rrathësh

Coordinate terms

Preposition

rreth (+ ablative)

  1. around, surrounding
  2. about
    Po flasin rreth meje.
    They're talking about me.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rreth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 381

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “rreth”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “rreth”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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