bletë

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === bjetë, mbletë, bgjetë, gjetë === Etymology === From Proto-Albanian *mletə, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *m(e)lítā- / *mlaytā- "belonging to honey" from Proto-Indo-European *mélit (“honey”). Cognate to Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”). In view of the -bl- cluster one might also consider as alternative Proto-Indo-European *mlīto (“sweet”), in Gothic bleiþs (“kind-hearted, merciful”), Old High German blīdi (“merry, glad”), Hittite [Term?] (/⁠miliddu⁠/, “sweet”). === Pronunciation === (Tosk) IPA(key): /ˈblɛtə/ (Gheg) IPA(key): /ˈblɛːt/ Rhymes: -etə Hyphenation: blé‧të === Noun === bletë f (plural bletë, definite bleta, definite plural bletët) bee (insect) Synonym: mjalcë (collective) swarm (of bees) hive Synonyms: zgjua, krodhë, qengjë, koshere (adjective, figurative) quick, fast at work ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === bletë first-person singular aorist indicative of blej === References === === Further reading === “bletë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006