bretkosë

Albanian
Bretkosë shumëngjyrëshe - A colorful frog

Alternative forms
  • bretk, bretkocë, bretëkë

Etymology

Enlargement of bretk, contraction of archaic bretëkë, from (Ionic) Ancient Greek βρόταχος (brótakhos) (compare Romanian broatec, brotac (“tree frog”), Aromanian broatic, Sicilian vròtacu) See also breshkë. [1]

Noun

bretkosë f (plural bretkosa, definite bretkosa, definite plural bretkosat)

  1. frog
  2. (swimming) breaststroke

Declension
Declension of bretkosë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative bretkosë bretkosa bretkosa bretkosat
accusative bretkosën
dative bretkose bretkosave bretkosës bretkosavet
ablative bretkosash

See also

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir. (1998). Albanian Etymological Dictionary.p 39
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