vras

vras

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *u̯ərátˢ < older *u̯ərátˢə, from Proto-Indo-European *(h)u̯arn-áti̯a/e-, with the meaning going from "to wound (mortally)" to "to kill". This further continues PIE *(h)u̯arnā- (wound) (source of varrë (wound)). An initial Pre-Proto-Albanian *u̯r- can be excluded as it would have led to Albanian rr- and not vr-.[1]

Orel considers it from Proto-Albanian *awa-rautja, from Proto-Indo-European *reu (to tear, to destroy).[2] This is unlikely as there is no independent evidence of PIE *reu̯H-d- extended to dental. Furthermore, *rou̯(H)-d-éi̯e/o- would have led to Alb. *-rés ~ -rét, as seen in vesh (to wear), ndez (to light), qell (to bring), qes (to pull out).[3]

Verb

vras (aorist vrava, participle vrarë) (transitive)

  1. to kill
  2. to hurt, wound

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “vras”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “vras”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 515
  3. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “vras”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • vras”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “vras”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press

Cornish

Adjective

vras

  1. soft mutation of bras
  2. mixed mutation after 'th of bras

Mutation

Mutation of bras
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
bras vras unchanged pras fras,
vras*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.