vrazhdë

Albanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Either:

  1. a derivative of vras, influenced by Old Church Slavonic вражьда (vražĭda, “enmity”) through Bulgarian,(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
  2. borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вражьда (vražĭda) or Bulgarian вражда (vražda) and transformed into an adjective.[1]

Adjective

i vrazhdë (feminine plural të vrazhda)

  1. hard, rough, unfriendly

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “vrazhdë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 516

Further reading

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