bredh

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Albanian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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bredh m (plural bredha, definite bredhi, definite plural bredhat)

  1. (botany) fir (Abies)
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Albanian *bredza, from earlier *breda, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrédʰ-e-ti (to wade), from *bʰredʰ- (compare Slovene brédem (I wade), Lithuanian breñda (he wades)).

Verb

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bredh (aorist brodha, participle bredhur)

  1. to wander, roam, stroll
  2. to go fast, run
    Synonym: vrapoj
  3. to skip, jump, leap
    Synonym: hidhem
  4. to frolic, caper
  5. (transitive) to skip, ricochet, flit
  6. (transitive, colloquial) to stroll around, circumambulate
  7. (transitive, physics) to reflect
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References

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  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 230
  2. ^ Huld, Martin E. (1986). "Accentual Stratification of Ancient Greek Loanwords in Albanian". Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung. 99 (2): 245–253.