vath

See also: Vath

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of vëth / vâth, from vëng / vang (“rim, hoop, ring”) +‎ -th.[1] By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek ἀάνθα (aántha, “earring”).[2]

Noun

vath m (plural vathë, definite vathi, definite plural vathët)

  1. earring
  2. goat's dewlap
    Synonyms: rézhdë, lavárrëz, gáth
  3. (botany) catkin, ament
    Synonym: gáth

Declension

Declension of vath
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vath vathi vathë vathët
accusative vathin
dative vathi vathit vathëve vathëve
ablative vathësh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vath”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor‎[1], page 40

Further reading

  • “vath”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Middle English

Etymology

From Old Norse váði (“danger”).

Noun

vath (plural vaths)

  1. alternative form of wothe
    • 1909, John Barbour, The Bruce, Volume 1‎[2], digitized edition, Adam and Charlie Black, published 2010, page 124:
      With few menyhe mycht soyn thame scath, / And yhet eschape withouten vath.
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References

  • A Concise Dictionary of Middle English, vath

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vallis.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Gascony):(file)

Noun

vath f (plural vaths)

  1. (Gascony) valley

Dialectal variants

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