përbalcë
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Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A derivative of përball (“to face, to defy”), from për- + ballë (“forehead”). Structurally and semantically comparable with Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“to be bold”) (cf. Old Norse ballr (“hard, stubborn”)), a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰelH (“white, shining”).
Noun
[edit]përbalcë f (plural përbalca, definite përbalca, definite plural përbalcat)