burrë

See also: burre

Albanian

Alternative forms

μπούρ (/⁠bur⁠/), πούρ (/⁠pur⁠/) — Arvanitika^[1]
burr, bunnë — Gheg

Etymology

Continuing a Proto-Albanian *bur-na-, with a semantic change from "highly raised, elevated, exaulted" to "strong, sublime, great", from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bring, bear”), sharing origins with bie (“to bring, bear”), and related to the verb mburr (“to praise, extol, glorify”).^[2] Possibly related to Thracian [script needed] (bur).^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈburə/ (Tosk)
IPA^(key): /ˈbuːr/ (Gheg)

Noun

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

Declension of **burrë**
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	burrë	burri	burra	burrat
accusative	burrë	burrin	burra	burrat
dative	burri	burrit	burrave	burrave
ablative	burri	burrit	burrash	burrave

Derived terms

References

^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 84, by Markos Botsaris
^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “burrë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
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