pritë

Albanian

Etymology 1

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Noun

pritë f (plural prita, definite prita)

  1. dam, weir; levee (clarification of this definition is needed.)
    Synonyms: sfrat, pendë, ledh
  2. (figurative) difficulty, obstacle
    Synonym: pengesë
Declension
Declension of pritë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pritë prita prita pritat
accusative pritën
dative prite pritës pritave pritave
ablative pritash

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *pratja, from Proto-Indo-European *prot- (compare Dutch vroed (“wise, clever”), Lithuanian pràsti (“to understand”)).[1]

Noun

pritë f (plural prita, definite prita)

  1. place of ambush
  2. group waiting in ambush
Declension
Declension of pritë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pritë prita prita pritat
accusative pritën
dative prite pritës pritave pritave
ablative pritash

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “pritë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 343-344
  • “pritë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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