arsye

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From an earlier *rrësye, rendered as masculine arsye (definite singular arseu, indefinite plural arsenje) in Buzuku and feminine arrësye in Budi; from Latin ratiōnem (“reason”). Latin ō > Albanian e is regular in older borrowings, developing into -ye when followed by a syllabic consonant. The initial a- is prothetic.^[1]^[2] Alternatively, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *arratiōnis from the same Latin source.^[3]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [aɾˈsy.ɛ]

Noun edit

arsye f (plural arsye, definite arsyeja, definite plural arsyet)

reason
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
  U lus ju të ecëni me arësye.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
rationality
reason (cause)

Synonyms edit

mend, shkak

Derived terms edit

arsyetoj, arsej, arsyeshëm, arsim, paarsyshëm

References edit

^ Topalli, K. (2017) “arsye”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 123
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “arsye”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 10
^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.

[1] Topalli, K. (2017) “arsye”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 123

[2] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “arsye”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 10

[3] Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.

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