verigë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• verige, vërigë (“unripe bunch of grapes”) — dialectal
• veringe (“sprout, shoot; unripe bunch of grapes”) — dialectal
• veringë (“grape”) — dialectal
• verigje — dialectal, Mat

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *veriga (“chain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈɾiɡə/
• Rhymes: -iɡə

Noun

verigë f (plural veriga, definite veriga, definite plural verigat)

1. link of a chain

   Synonym: hallkë

2. chain

   Synonym: zinxhir

3. chain to support pothooks on a fireplace

   Synonyms: vargor, vargua

4. wooden or iron pin connecting the yoke with the ploughshare
5. handle (of containers)

   Synonyms: vesh, vjegë, dorezë

6. bunch of grapes

   Synonyms: vesh, vile, bistak

7. catkin

   Synonyms: gath, rezhdë

8. button loop; slip knot

   Synonyms: lak, vjegëz

9. buttonhole

   Synonyms: ilik, vjegëz

10. (dialectal, Tropojë) door hinge

    Synonyms: menteshë, çivi

Derived terms

• verigor

 

References

• “veríg/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2134f.
• Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “verigë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎^[2], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 276b
• Svane, Gunnar (1992) Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Acta Iutlandica. Humanistische Reihe; 67) (in German), Åarhus: Aarhus University Press, →ISBN, page 86f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “verig-ë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 551a
• “verigë-a”, in Edukata e Ré. Revistë pedagogjike (in Albanian), number 1, Tirana: Gutenberg, 1930, page 37b
• Leotti, Angelo (1916) “veríg-a”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 182
• Weigand, Gustav (1914) “veríg-a”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 98b
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “βερίγε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 22
• Meyer, G. (1891) “verigɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 466
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “verigë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 500