britm
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Analogical transformation of brymës (“November”) under the influence of brej (“to gnaw”).[1][2]
Noun[edit]
britm m (definite britmi)
- (archaic) autumn; autumn month
- Synonym: vjeshtë
- britm i parë ― September
- britm i dytë ― October
- britm i tretë ― November
References[edit]
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 111
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “britmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 37–38