Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Through Vulgar Latin, from Latin hospitium; compare Ancient Greek ὁσπίτιον (hospítion) (modern Greek σπίτι (spíti)).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

shtëpi f (plural shtëpi, definite shtëpia, definite plural shtëpitë)

  1. house
    • Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit, §602.:
      «Shtëpia e Shqiptarit është e Zotit dhe e mikut». (Tosk)
      «Shpija e Shqyptarit âsht e Zotit e e mikut». (Gheg)
      "The house of the Albanian belongs to God and the guest."
  2. home
  3. household

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtëpi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 438