bletë

See also: blete

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • bjetë, mbletë, bgjetë, gjetë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mletə, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *m(e)lítā- / *mlaytā- "belonging to honey" from Proto-Indo-European *mélit (“honey”). [1] Cognate to Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”).[2] In view of the -bl- cluster one might also consider as alternative Proto-Indo-European *mlīto (“sweet”), in Gothic bleiþs (“kind-hearted, merciful”), Old High German blīdi (“merry, glad”), Hittite [Term?] (/⁠miliddu⁠/, “sweet”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): /ˈblɛtə/
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): /ˈblɛːt/
  • Rhymes: -etə
  • Hyphenation: blé‧të

Noun

bletë f (plural bletë, definite bleta, definite plural bletët)

  1. bee (insect)
    Synonym: mjalcë
  2. (collective) swarm (of bees)
  3. hive
    Synonyms: zgjua, krodhë, qengjë, koshere
  4. (adjective, figurative) quick, fast at work

Declension

Declension of bletë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bletë bleta bletë bletët
accusative bletën
dative blete bletës bletëve bletëve
ablative bletësh

Derived terms

Verb

bletë

  1. first-person singular aorist indicative of blej

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “bletë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 105

Further reading

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