esh
See also: Esh
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛʃ
Albanian
Etymology
From South Slavic; cf. Macedonian еж (ež), Serbo-Croatian је̑ж (jȇž).[1][2] Alternatively, variant eshk would be more conservative, from Proto-Albanian *etska, with devoicing from *edz-k-a, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis; cognate with Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos), Macedonian еж (ež), German Igel, Lithuanian ežỹs.[3]
Noun
esh m (indefinite plural eshë, definite singular eshi, definite plural eshët)
- (regional) hedgehog
- (regional, figuratively) look-alike, doppelgänger
Declension
declension of esh
indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara) |
definite forms (trajta të shquara) | ||||
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singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) |
singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) | ||
nominative (emërore) |
esh | eshë | eshi | eshët | |
accusative (kallëzore) |
esh | eshë | eshin | eshët | |
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) |
eshi | eshëve | eshit | eshëve | |
dative (dhanore) |
eshi | eshëve | eshit | eshëve | |
ablative (rrjedhore) |
eshi | eshësh | eshit | eshëve |
References
- Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus UP, 1992), 142.
- Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350), volume I. Lehnwörter, München: Verlag Otto Sagner, page 72
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “esh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 90
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