rrëshajë

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈʃajə/
• Rhymes: -ajə
• Hyphenation: rrë‧shá‧jë

Etymology 1

Reduced form of variant rrushajë, from Byzantine Greek ῥουσάλια (rhousália), from Latin rōsālia.

Alternative forms

• ërshajë, shaje, rrushajë

Noun

rrëshajë f (plural rrëshajë, definite plural rrëshajët)

1. (plural only) Pentecost

Etymology 2

Either identical to the aforementioned etymology or from rrëshqas (“to slide, slip”), a prefixal derivative of shqas/shkas (rrëshqanë (“crawling, dragging”) has a similar formation). Meyer likens it to the stem rrësh- while Barić to Latin vorrō.

Alternative forms

• rrshâjë — northwestern Gheg

Noun

rrëshajë f (plural rrëshája, definite rrëshája, definite plural rrëshájat) (Gheg)

1. viper

   Synonym: nepërkë

2. reptile

   Synonym: zvarranik

Declension

Declension of rrëshajë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rrëshajë	rrëshaja	rrëshaja	rrëshajat
accusative		rrëshajën
dative	rrëshaje	rrëshajës	rrëshajave	rrëshajave
ablative			rrëshajash

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “rrëshajë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “rrëshajë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 437