bërtas

“bërtas” is an Albanian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

to shout, yell
to scold
to make a big hullabaloo, commotion, uproar
to whimper, whine

Etymology

Metathetic reduced form of dialectal britas (preserved in Gheg), extension in -as of brit- (stem for optative, admirative, participle, etc.); compare klith > këlthas, thirr > thërras, fol > flas, etc. From Proto-Albanian *breita, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut, pierce”); cognate with Old Irish bríathar (“word”), Welsh brwydr (“fight, struggle”), and Russian брить (britʹ, “shave”).…

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