potir

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Ancient Greek ποτήριον (potḗrion). Compare Romanian potir.

Noun

potír m (plural potírë, definite potíri, definite plural potírët)

  1. cup, glass, chalice
    Synonym: gotë

References

  • potir”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10:calix, bicchiero — putyr

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic потирь (potirĭ), from Ancient Greek ποτήριον (potḗrion).

Noun

potir n (plural potire)

  1. chalice

Declension