rrëzë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• rrënzë — Tosk
• rrânzë, rrâjzë, rrâzë, rrojzë — Gheg

Etymology

Denasalized variant of dialectal rrënzë, diminutive of rrënjë (“root”) in -zë.

Noun

rrëzë f (plural rrëza, definite rrëza, definite plural rrëzat)

1. base, foot (of tree, hill, mountain), riverbank, edge of a forest
2. region at the base of a mountain/mountain range
3. (anatomy) place where an organ or limb is attached to the body
4. corner, side

   Synonyms: cep, skutë, kënd

5. (figurative) cranny, hidden nook

   Synonyms: qoshe, skutë

6. (colloquial) root
7. (botany) blackberry, bramble

Declension

Declension of rrëzë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rrëzë	rrëza	rrëza	rrëzat
accusative		rrëzën
dative	rrëzeje	rrëzës	rrëzave	rrëzave
ablative			rrëzash

Preposition

rrëzë (+ ablative)

1. on the base or at the end of something

Derived terms

• rrëzak
• rrëzall
• rrëzikët
• rrëzimë
• rrëzishtë
• rrëzoj
• rrëzomë
• rrëzore

 

Compounds

• rrëzëmalas

Related terms

• rrënjë

Further reading

• “rrëzë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980
• “rrëzë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006