probatin

Albanian

Alternative forms

• probotin, probotim, pobratim, probatim, pobrotî — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *pobratimъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾobaˈtin/
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

probatin m (plural probatinë, definite probatini, definite plural probatinët)

1. blood brother

   Synonym: vëllam

2. (figurative) close friend, companion

Declension

Declension of probatin

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	probatin	probatini	probatinë	probatinët
accusative		probatinin
dative	probatini	probatinit	probatinëve	probatinëve
ablative			probatinësh

Derived terms

• pobratinë
• pobrotinohem
• probateshë

References

• “probatín,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1550b
• Ylli, Xhelal (1997), “probatim”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎^[2], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 214
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “pobrotî […] probatín”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 403a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904), “προbοτῖ-νι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikón tís Alvanikís glóssis] (in Greek), Athens, page 345
• Meyer, G. (1891), “probotím”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 354