"dra" meaning in Albanian

See dra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: The dialectal forms of dra-t (Mat), drā-t (Tropojë), Arbëreshë drā, and Arvanitika dra-të, which are also neuter, point to a common neuter root *drā-. The long vowel indicates a vowel contraction due to the loss of an intervocalic segment, including Proto-Albanian *y, *w, *h, and *β. The likeliest sound was *β (for similar changes, see det (“sea”)), inherited from a Common Albanian *dráə, from Proto-Albanian *dráβə, older *dráβa, from *dráβad, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *drábad (for the neuter ending *-ad, see ujë (“water”), dhjamë (“fat”), djalë (“boy”)), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *dʰróbʰom (“sediment, residue”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *dʰróbʰ-. Older theories connect it to Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”), via Proto-Albanian *drag- , with phonetic problems unsolved, like the retention of *-ā́- as *-a- (as opposed to becoming Albanian -o-), and the final cluster *-ks# becoming *-g# and being lost. Also believed to be from Dacian *draga , though the etymology is unsupported and doesn't explain the loss of intervocalic *-g-. Etymology templates: {{inh|sq|sqj-pro|*dráβə}} Proto-Albanian *dráβə, {{inh|sq|ine-pro|*dʰróbʰom||sediment, residue}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰróbʰom (“sediment, residue”), {{inh|sq|ine-pro|*dʰróbʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰróbʰ-, {{der|sq|ine-pro|*dʰrā́ks||dregs, sediment}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”), {{inh|sq|sqj-pro|*drag-}} Proto-Albanian *drag-, {{der|sq|xdc|*draga}} Dacian *draga Head templates: {{head|sq|noun|plural|dra|definite|drau||{{{def2}}}|definite plural|dratë||{{{f}}}||{{{m}}}|g=m|head=|sort=}} dra m (plural dra, definite drau, definite plural dratë), {{sq-noun|m|dra|drau|dratë}} dra m (plural dra, definite drau, definite plural dratë) Inflection templates: {{sq-decl-noun|dra|dra|drau|dratë|dra|dra|draun|dratë|drau|drave|draut|drave|drash}}, {{sq-ndecl-table|p=dra|psh=drash|pt=dratë|pve=drave|pvet=drave|s=dra|sa=drau|sacc=|si=drau|sin=draun|sit=draut}} Forms: dra [plural], drau [definite], dratë [definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], dra [indefinite, nominative, singular], drau [definite, nominative, singular], dra [indefinite, nominative, plural], dratë [definite, nominative, plural], dra [accusative, indefinite, singular], draun [accusative, definite, singular], dra [accusative, indefinite, plural], dratë [accusative, definite, plural], drau [dative, indefinite, singular], draut [dative, definite, singular], drave [dative, indefinite, plural], drave [dative, definite, plural], drau [ablative, indefinite, singular], draut [ablative, definite, singular], drash [ablative, indefinite, plural], drave [ablative, definite, plural], drâ [alternative, Gheg]
  1. sediment, dregs Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dra-sq-noun-krElp0Y0 Categories (other): Albanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Albanian entries with incorrect language header: 32 30 38
  2. smudged butter Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dra-sq-noun-UHIXSte4 Categories (other): Albanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Albanian entries with incorrect language header: 32 30 38
  3. sweepings, dirt Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dra-sq-noun-yUdD0CkI Categories (other): Albanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Albanian entries with incorrect language header: 32 30 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ndrag

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/dráβa"
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      "ujë",
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      "dhjamë#Albanian"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰróbʰ-"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰrā́ks"
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      "form": "drave",
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Brill Publishers"
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        "4": "dratë"
      },
      "expansion": "dra m (plural dra, definite drau, definite plural dratë)",
      "name": "sq-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dra",
        "10": "drave",
        "11": "draut",
        "12": "drave",
        "13": "drash",
        "2": "dra",
        "3": "drau",
        "4": "dratë",
        "5": "dra",
        "6": "dra",
        "7": "draun",
        "8": "dratë",
        "9": "drau"
      },
      "name": "sq-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "p": "dra",
        "psh": "drash",
        "pt": "dratë",
        "pve": "drave",
        "pvet": "drave",
        "s": "dra",
        "sa": "drau",
        "sacc": "",
        "si": "drau",
        "sin": "draun",
        "sit": "draut"
      },
      "name": "sq-ndecl-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Albanian",
  "lang_code": "sq",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ndrag"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sediment, dregs"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sediment",
          "sediment"
        ],
        [
          "dregs",
          "dregs"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "smudged butter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "smudged",
          "smudged"
        ],
        [
          "butter",
          "butter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sweepings, dirt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweepings",
          "sweepings"
        ],
        [
          "dirt",
          "dirt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Brill Publishers"
  ],
  "word": "dra"
}

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