rreth

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ratsa, from *rat(i)tsa, from pre-Albanian *róth₂iḱom, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *Hrot-h₂-ó- (“wheel”), from *Hret- (“to roll”) (compare Lithuanian rãtas, German Rad). Plural formation of rrath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛθ/

Noun

rreth m (plural rrathë, definite rrethi, definite plural rrathët)

1. circle
2. (politics, historical) district (former subdivision of Albania)
3. hoop, ring
4. wheel rim

Declension

Declension of rreth

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rreth	rrethi	rrathë	rrathët
accusative		rrethin
dative	rrethi	rrethit	rrathëve	rrathëve
ablative			rrathësh

Coordinate terms

• prefekturë, nënprefekturë, krahinë, bashki, komunë, lokalitet, fshat

Preposition

rreth (+ ablative)

1. around, surrounding
2. about

   Po flasin rreth meje.

   They're talking about me.

Synonyms

• torrë (Arvantic)

Derived terms

• rresht
• rriskë

Related terms

• radhë

Further reading

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