rrëzë

Albanian

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

Etymology

Denasalized variant of dialectal rrënzë, diminutive of rrënjë (“root”) in -zë.[1][2]

Noun

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

  1. base, foot (of tree, hill, mountain), riverbank, edge of a forest
  2. place where an organ or limb is attached to the body
  3. (figurative) cranny, hidden nook
  4. (colloquial) root
  5. (botany) blackberry, bramble

Declension
Declension of rrëzë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative rrëzë rrëza rrëza rrëzat
accusative rrëzën
dative rrëze rrëzave rrëzës rrëzavet
ablative rrëzash

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

Compounds
  • rrëzëmalas

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrëzë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
  2. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 351
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