rras

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wragtja, related to rrah[1]. Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *raT(ś)i-, from Proto-Indo-European *ureh1ǵ(h)- 'to strike, beat'. Cognate to Ancient Greek ῥάττω (rháttō, “to strike, beat”)[2].

Verb

rras (first-person singular past tense rrasa, participle rrasur)

  1. I compress, I stuff

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 378
  2. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.348
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