besa-besë

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Reduplication of besë (“oath, vow”).

Noun[edit]

besa-besë f (uncountable)

  1. solemn vow of alliance
    bëj besa-besën ― to swear alliance solemnly

Descendants[edit]

  • → Aromanian: besa-bes

Interjection[edit]

besa-besë

  1. I swear alliance! on my honour!

References[edit]

  • “besa-besë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 126a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “besabesë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 25b
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