bishë

== Albanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Vulgar Latin bīstia (compare Italian biscia, French biche), from Latin bēstia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiʃə/ Rhymes: -iʃə === Noun === bishë f (plural bisha, definite bisha, definite plural bishat) beast, wild animal (colloquial) wolf Synonym: ujk (archaic) badger Synonym: baldosë (archaic) hamster (figurative) beast, violent or immoral person (biology) shipworm, teredo (Teredo) bisha e barkave ― naval shipworm (Teredo navalis) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “bísh/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 149b Lloshi, Xhevat (2010), “bisha”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 33 Mann, S. E. (1948), “bishë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 30b Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904), “bίσ̈ε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikón tís Alvanikís glóssis] (in Greek), Athens, page 47 Meyer, G. (1891), “bišɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 38 Rossi, F. (1875), “bìsc”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 78a Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “bishë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 27