esh
See also: Esh
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɛʃ
NounEdit
esh (plural eshes)
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From South Slavic; cf. Macedonian еж (ež), Serbo-Croatian је̑ж (jȇž).[1][2] Alternatively, variant eshk would be more conservative, from Proto-Albanian *etska, with devoicing from *edz-k-a, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis; cognate with Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos), Macedonian еж (ež), German Igel, Lithuanian ežỹs.[3]
NounEdit
esh m (indefinite plural eshë, definite singular eshi, definite plural eshët)
- (regional) hedgehog
- (regional, figuratively) look-alike, doppelgänger
DeclensionEdit
declension of esh
| indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara) |
definite forms (trajta të shquara) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) |
singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) | ||
| nominative (emërore) |
esh | eshë | eshi | eshët | |
| accusative (kallëzore) |
esh | eshë | eshin | eshët | |
| genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) |
eshi | eshëve | eshit | eshëvet | |
| dative (dhanore) |
eshi | eshëve | eshit | eshëvet | |
| ablative (rrjedhore) |
eshi | eshësh | eshit | eshëvet | |
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus UP, 1992), 142.
- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)[1], volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 72
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “esh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, page 90