petrit

Albanian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /petˈɾit/
• Rhymes: -it
• Hyphenation: pet‧rít

Noun

petrit m (plural petritë, definite petriti, definite plural petritët) (zoology)

1. hawk, goshawk, falcon

   Synonyms: fajkua, skifter, gjeraqinë, gjerak

2. eagle

   Synonyms: shqiponjë, shqipe

3. kestrel, common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

   Synonyms: sokol, shahin, kaçubet, skifter, fajkua

4. buzzard

   Synonyms: hutë, orli

5. (figurative, also adjective) valiant, brave, valorous

Declension

Declension of petrit

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	petrit	petritë	petriti	petritët
accusative			petritin
dative	petriti	petritëve	petritit	petritëvet
ablative		petritësh

Hyponyms

• petrit minjngrënës (“common buzzard”)
• petrit bishtbardhë (“long-legged buzzard”)
• petrit peshkngrënës (“osprey”)
• petrit grenxangrënës (“honey buzzard”)

Further reading

• “petrit”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “petrit”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “petrít”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362
• Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN