rris

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • rrinj (Arvanitic, Arbëreshë), rritënj (Arbëreshë)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *writja, from Proto-Indo-European *ṷert 'to turn'; cognate with Sanskrit वर्तते (vartate), Latin vertere, German werden ‘to become’.[1] Alternatively, a derivative of rri.[2]

Verb

rris (first-person singular past tense rrita, participle rritur)

  1. to rear, bring up (children)
  2. to grow plants
  3. to breed domesticated animals
  4. to let overgrow
  5. to increase

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 387
  2. ↑ Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Amsterdam–Atlanta: Rodopi, 1997), 353-4.
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