kushtrim
See also: Kushtrim
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently a contraction of kush â trim (who is brave?), the traditional call when some danger presented itself.[1][2][3] Orel derives it from the gerund of an unattested *kushtroj: *kushtroj + -im, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *conscrīptāre, a secondary formation based on conscrībere (“to enroll, enlist”).[4]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kushtrim m (plural kushtrime, definite kushtrimi, definite plural kushtrimet)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kushtrim | kushtrimi | kushtrime | kushtrimet |
| accusative | kushtrimin | |||
| dative | kushtrimi | kushtrimit | kushtrimeve | kushtrimeve |
| ablative | kushtrimesh | |||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Shaban Demiraj: Morfologjia e gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1971, p. 52
- ^ "Thus, the noun kushtrim is the simplified form of the sentence 'kush ashtë trim'" in Kolec Topalli: Dukuritë fonetike të sistemit bashkëtingëllor të gjuhës shqipe, 2004, fq. 308.
- ^ Çabej, E. (1986), Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), Prishtinë: Rilindja
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kushtrim”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 207-8