burrë
Appearance
See also: burre
Albanian
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂u-ro-, from *bʰuh₂- (“to be, become”). Close to Proto-Germanic *būraz (“inhabitant, dweller”). Possibly through Germanic.[2] Possibly related to Thracian [script needed] (bur).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]burrë m (plural burra, definite burri, definite plural burrat)
- man (male person)
- Coordinate term: grua (“woman”)
- husband
- a brave male
- 1988, Francesco Solano, Manuale di lingua albanese (overall work in Italian):
- […] por kush është burrë që t'ja varë maces zilen në qafe? — Gjithe minjtë heshtën, […]
- […] but who's brave enough to pin the bell to the neck of the cat? — All the mice fell silent, […]
- mister, lord
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | burrë | burri | burra | burrat |
accusative | burrin | |||
dative | burri | burrit | burrave | burrave |
ablative | burrash |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 84, by Markos Botsaris
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 233
- ^ [2]
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms borrowed from Germanic languages
- Albanian terms derived from Germanic languages
- Albanian terms derived from Thracian
- Albanian 2-syllable words
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- Albanian terms with quotations
- sq:Male family members
- sq:Marriage