lashtë
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From (lashë (le(f)t behind) + -të) Proto-Albanian *lauša. According to Jokl (& Slavia Praha) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; people”).[1] A similar developement can be seen in Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“old”) (release → let grow → grow old).[2] Related to Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (laus, “loosen, set free, empty”), further related to Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loose, release”). Feist,[3] Frisk,[4] Haarmann,[5] Kluge, Liukkonen and Pokorny[6] favour(ed) a relation to Lithuanian ìlgas (“long”).
According to Çabej a derivative of lag (“I wet, moisten”)[7] and to Meyer a loan from Latin lassus (“faint, languid”)[8]
Cf. Albanian lasht m (“ancient time”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
láshtë
- early, anciently, long ago, once (time; era in the past)
- past, beyond, back then, at that time, in those days (further back of our time/era)
Adjective edit
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i lashtë (feminine plural të láshta)
- ancient, early, very distant (period, era, time)
- ancient, old (history, languages, peoples, cities, proverbs, etc.)
- antique, archaic, old (costume, tradition, etc.)
- (colloquial) leftover, odd, remaining (food, crops, seeds)
- Synonym: lashtash
- miell të lashtë ― leftover flour
Noun edit
láshtë m (plural láshta, definite (i) láshtë, definite plural (të) láshta)
- overaged, old man; ancient person/figure, legend
- (botany, agriculture, domestication) plant/breed/species growing/developing faster and/or producing/maturing earlier than others
láshtë f (plural láshta, definite láshta, definite plural láshtat / (të) láshta)
- (colloquial, in the singular) ancient time
- Synonym: lasht m
- Në lashtë... ― In ancient times...
- (in the plural) (early summer) harvest
Derived terms edit
- lashtore f (“free/ready to sow field”)
- lashtas (“early (age)”)
- lashtak (“premature lamb”)
- lashtoj (“I develope earlier/prematurely”), lashtohem
- lashtuar (“prematured”)
References edit
- ^ Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, pages 226-228
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lashtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 214-215
- ^ Sigmund Feist (1939) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der gotischen Sprache mit Einschluss des Krimgotischen und sonstiger zerstreuter überreste dez Gotischen (in German), 3 edition, Leiden: Brill, page 325
- ^ Hjalmar Frisk (1973) Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, Band 2 (in German), Carl Winter, →ISBN, pages 149-150
- ^ Harald Haarman (1972) Der lateinische Lehnwortschatz im Albanischen (in German), Helmut Buske, Hamburg (De), page 132
- ^ Julius Pokorny (1959) Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch: I. Band, Volume 2 (in German), Francke, pages 681-682
- ^ Çabej, Eqrem (1976) “lashtë”, in Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 308-309
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “lashtë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 238
Further reading edit
- [1] adverb láshtë/lashtë • adjective (e/i) láshtë/lashtë • m. noun láshtë/lashtë • f. noun láshtë/lashtë • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)