blerë

See also: blere

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *blöra-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *blōra-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-r-ós, from the root *bʰleh₁- (“blue, green, yellow”). Cognate to Latin flōrus (“golden yellow, reddish-yellow”)[1] and Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark”). Possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *blaros (“gray”),[2] compare blár.

Adjective

i blerë (feminine plural të blera)

  1. green

Derived terms

Participle

blerë

  1. past participle of blej (“bought”)

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “blerë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
  2. ^ Oleander, T.(editor).(2022). Albanian.The indo-European Language family. p. 223-245. Hyllested, A. & Joseph, B. D.

Further reading

  • “blerë”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
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