prush

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pruś-, from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to burn up”). Cognate to Latin pruna (“embers”).[1]

Noun

prush m (indefinite plural prushe, definite singular prushi, definite plural prushet)

  1. embers
    Synonyms: purrë, shpuzë

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 334
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