vath

See also: Vath

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of vëth／vâth, from vëng／vang (“rim, hoop, ring”) +‎ -th.[1] By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek ἀάνθα (aántha, “earring”).[2]

Noun

vath m (plural vathë, definite vathi, definite plural vathët)

  1. earring
  2. goat's dewlap
    Synonyms: rézhdë, lavárrëz, gáth
  3. (botany) catkin, ament
    Synonym: gáth

Declension
Declension of vath
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative vath vathë vathi vathët
accusative vathin
dative vathi vathëve vathit vathëvet
ablative vathësh

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vath”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor‎, page 40

Further reading
  • “vath”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Middle English

Etymology

From Old Norse váði (“danger”).

Noun

vath (plural vaths)

  1. Alternative form of wothe.
    • 1909, John Barbour, The Bruce, Volume 1‎, digitized edition, Adam and Charlie Black, published 2010, page 124:
      With few menyhe mycht soyn thame scath, / And yhet eschape withouten vath.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References
  • A Concise Dictionary of Middle English, vath
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