vërras

Albanian

Etymology

Secondary formation in as-<*atja, based on Proto-Albanian *wera, related to Greek εἴρω (eἴro, “to say”), Hittite u̯erii̯a (“to sound”)[1]. Probably related to bërtas.

Verb

vërras (first-person singular past tense virra, participle virrë)

  1. to shout, to bleat

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 505
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