vorbë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • vorbe

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wāribā, further origin disputed, a semantic development from original "turning, whirling" to "clay pot" is reasonable, compare vorbull and vorbëtirë and toponyms which unlikely would be named after an object but rather than a whirlpool or other natural phenomenons, thus compare "Maja e Vorbës".[1][2] The countless derivations of this word speak in favour of an inherited word rather than a borrowing, which, naturally, would not deliver many word formations relatively compared to inherited ones. Could also be an ancient loanword of Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús).

Noun

vorbë f (plural vorba, definite vorba, definite plural vorbat)

  1. pipkin, clay pot used to boil food

Declension
Declension of vorbë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative vorbë vorba vorba vorbat
accusative vorbën
dative vorbe vorbave vorbës vorbavet
ablative vorbash

Derived terms

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 423-424
  2. Eqrem Çabej, Studime gjuhësore P-Zh, Rilindja 1986, 302.
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