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gushë

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

According to Orel, from Romanian gușă, from Vulgar Latin *gusia (compare Aromanian gushi, gushe, Italian gozzo (“gizzard”), Friulian gose, French gosier (“gullet”)).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuʃə/
  • Rhymes: -ʃə
  • Hyphenation: gú‧shë

Noun edit

gushë m (plural gusha, definite gusha, definite plural gushat)

  1. throat (usually outer throat)
  2. anterior or upper neck
  3. craw, crop
  4. (medicine) goitre
    Synonym: strumë
  5. (military) cartridge, cylinder, lower arched part of something
    gusha e revoles ― cylinder of a revolver

Declension edit

Declension of gushë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gushë gusha gusha gushat
accusative gushën
dative gushe gushave gushës gushavet
ablative gushash

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gushë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 128

Further reading edit

  • “gushë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “gushë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gushë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 139
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