kuvend
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin conventus (“meeting, assembly”). The plurale tantum kuvíse has been influenced by the alternation vís ~ vénd, or alternatively continuing a Vulgar Latin *conventiae.[1] Cognate with Aromanian cuvendã, Romanian cuvânt (“word”) and Greek κουβέντα (kouvénta, “conversation; word, phrase”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kuvend m (plural kuvende, definite kuvendi, definite plural kuvendet)
- discussion, conversation
- assembly, gathering, meeting, convention
- parliament
- Synonym: parlamént
Declension edit
Declension of kuvend
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kuvend”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 208
Further reading edit
- “kuvend”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006