barrë

See also: barre and barré

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bárā-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-áh₂ (“burden, load”), from *bʰer- (“to carry”). Cognate to Ancient Greek φορά (phorá, “burden, load”).[1] More at bie and bark. An etymological differentiation between "burden, load" and "fetus", as desired by Orel, isn't necessary.[2]

Noun

barrë f (plural barrë, definite barra, definite plural barrët)

  1. burden, load
  2. fetus

Declension

Declension of barrë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barrë barra barrë barrët
accusative barrën
dative barre barrës barrëve barrëve
ablative barrësh

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 92
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “barrë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
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