rri

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *rina, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (to move, stir), compare Ancient Greek ὄρνυμι (órnumi, to raise; arouse; stir up), Sanskrit ऋणोति (ṛṇóti, to rise, move).[1] Alternatively, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reid- (to lean); compare Ancient Greek ἐρείδω (ereídō, to prop, support).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

rri (aorist ndenja, participle ndenjur)

  1. to stay
  2. to sit, sit down
  3. to suit, fit on one's body
  4. (colloquial) to keep at, stick to

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
  2. ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 994–5.