bisedë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *besěda (sitting outside, gathering, conversation). Compare Old Church Slavonic бесѣда (besěda, conversation, word) Serbo-Croatian beseda (word, speech), Macedonian беседа (beseda).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈsɛːd/

Noun

bisedë f (indefinite plural biseda, definite singular biseda, definite plural bisedat)

  1. conversation
  2. discussion

Declension

Synonyms

  • bisedim, diskutim, kuvend, kuvendim

Derived terms

  • bisedoj, bisedues, bisedor, bisedar

References

  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), bisedë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 214
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 27
  3. Omari, Anila (2012), bisedë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 104
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