rris

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *writja, from Proto-Indo-European *ṷert (to turn); cognate with Sanskrit वर्तते (vartate), Latin vertere, German werden (to become).[1] Alternatively, a derivative of rri.[2]

Verb

rris (aorist rrita, participle rritur)

  1. to rear, bring up (children)
  2. to grow plants
  3. to breed domesticated animals
  4. to let overgrow
  5. to increase

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rris”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 387
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 353-4