rrgjë
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian r̀đa/р̀ђа (literally “rust”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rrgjë f (plural rrgja) (Borgo Erizzo)
- discord, disagreement
- Synonyms: mosmarrëveshje, përçarje
- 1937, Carlo Tagliavini, compiler, L'albanese di Dalmazia, page 48, lines 7–9:
- mǫθ̂ męr vái̯zăn păr pā́i̯ / pā́i̯a vi̯ę́n, pā́ia škọ́n / r̥ǧa vi̯ę́n, kur nuk škọ́n.
- [mos mer vajzën për pāj / pāja vjen, pāja shkon / rrgja vjen, kur nuk shkon.]
- do not take the girl by its dowry / the dowry comes, the dowry goes / the discord comes, it never goes.
References[edit]
- Tagliavini, Carlo (1937) “r̥ǧ”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. […] (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 237