burrë

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *burnā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂u-ro-, from *bʰuh₂- (“to be, become”). Close to Old High German gibūro, German Bauer (“peasant”). Orel considers it a Germanic loanword, reconstructing Proto-Albanian *burá.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

burrë m (plural burra, definite burri, definite plural burrat)

  1. husband
  2. man, male
  3. mister, lord

Declension

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

Derived terms

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 84, by Markos Botsaris
  2. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 13, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 233

See also

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