verzë

See also: verze

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wardjā, from Proto-Indo-European *u̯orHd-i/o (“frog”). Compare Lithuanian varlė̃, Latvian var̂de, Armenian գորտ (gort)).

Noun

verzë f (plural verza, definite verza, definite plural verzat)

1. (ichthyology) fish gill
2. (agriculture) mouldboard

   Synonym: vesh

3. (agriculture) triangular yoke around a pig's neck to block it from squeezing through narrow spaces

Declension

Declension of verzë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	verzë	verza	verza	verzat
accusative		verzën
dative	verze	verzës	verzave	verzave
ablative			verzash

Further reading

• “verzë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999), “verzë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]