arith

English

Noun

arith

1. Abbreviation of arithmetic.

Albanian

Etymology

from ari with diminutive -th, from Proto-Albanian *artsa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos. In clusters of two stops (here: tḱ), the first element (here: t) was regularly lost in Proto-Albanian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾiˈθ/

Noun

arith m (plural arithë, definite arithi, definite plural arithtë)

1. bear cub
2. (botany) great horsetail

Declension

Declension of arith

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arith	arithi	arithë	arithëtë
accusative		arithin
dative	arithi	arithit	arithëve	arithëve
ablative			arithësh

Further reading

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