bushtër

Albanian

Alternative forms

• buç, buçe, boshtër

Etymology

A derivative of bush (“monster”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”), originally meaning 'to be wild', structurally similar to bisht.

Noun

bushtër f (plural bushtra, definite bushtra, definite plural bushtrat)

1. (mythology) dragoness; mythological creature imagined as a fire-breathing female dragon

   Synonym: kuçedër

2. female dog, bitch

   Synonyms: buçe, shakë

3. (colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) whore, slut, tramp

   Synonyms: kurvë, lavire, buçe, horrë

4. (zoology) European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)

   Synonyms: dosëz, arç, bugjek

Declension

Declension of bushtër

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	bushtër	bushtra	bushtra	bushtrat
accusative			bushtrën
dative	bushtre	bushtrave	bushtrës	bushtrave
ablative		bushtrash

Adjective

bushtër

1. (Arvanitika) wild

Related terms

• bushtërz
• bisht
• bush

References

• “bushtër”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “bushtër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “bushtër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 44