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vras

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Albanian *u̯ərátˢ < older *u̯ərátˢə, from Proto-Indo-European *(h)u̯arn-áti̯a/e-, with the meaning going from "to wound (mortally)" to "to kill". This further continues PIE *(h)u̯arnā- (“wound”) (source of varrë (“wound”)). An initial Pre-Proto-Albanian *u̯r- can be excluded as it would have led to Albanian rr- and not vr-.[1]

Orel considers it from Proto-Albanian *awa-rautja, from Proto-Indo-European *reu (“to tear, to destroy”).[2] This is unlikely as there is no independent evidence of PIE *reu̯H-d- extended to dental. Furthermore, *rou̯(H)-d-éi̯e/o- would have led to Alb. *-rés ~ -rét, as seen in vesh (“to wear”), ndez (“to light”), qell (“to bring”), qes (“to pull out”).[3]

Verb

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vras (aorist vrava, participle vrarë) (transitive)

  1. to kill
  2. to hurt, wound

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “vras”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “vras”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 515
  3. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “vras”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

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

Cornish

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Adjective

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vras

  1. soft mutation of bras
  2. mixed mutation after 'th of bras

Mutation

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Mutation of bras
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
bras vras unchanged pras fras,
vras*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.