verbët

Albanian

Etymology

From verb (“blind person”) +‎ -të.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveɾbət/
• Rhymes: -eɾbət

Adjective

i verbët

1. Synonym of i verbër (“blind”)

Noun

i verbët m (definite i verbëti)

1. Synonym of i verbër (“blind person”)

Noun

të verbët n (definite të verbëtit)

1. (archaic) blindness

   Synonym: verbëri

   • 1685, Pjetër Bogdani, Cuneus Prophetarum. Pars Prima, II.IV.10, page 81:

     Prasctu tè verbetitè atij Popuλi chiertõ Isaia

     [Prashtu të verbëtitë atij populli qërton Isaia]

     Therefore Isaiah reprimands the blindness of that people

References

• “vérbët”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2131b
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “verb-as […] -ët”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 550a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “βέρβε̯ρε̯”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 21
• Jungg, G. (1895) “verbt”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 170b
• Rossi, F. (1875) “vèrbet”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1321b
• Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 9: “caecitas — teuerbetite”