breshkë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• breçkë

Etymology

Probably borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *brosca, or *broscus, broxae (“frog”) (compare Romanian broască, Old French bruesche, Milanese Lombard brosco), from Ionic Ancient Greek βρόθακος (bróthakos).

Noun

breshkë f (plural breshka, definite breshka, definite plural breshkat)

1. tortoise

Declension

Declension of breshkë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	breshkë	breshka	breshka	breshkat
accusative		breshkën
dative	breshkeje	breshkës	breshkave	breshkave
ablative			breshkash