shpat
Albanian
editEtymology
editPrefixed form of *pat, from Proto-Albanian *pata, cognate to Greek πίπτω (pípto, “to fall”), Sanskrit पतति (pátati, “to fly, to sour”).[1] Alternatively from shpatull (“shoulder”).[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editshpat m (plural shpate, definite shpati, definite plural shpatet)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.428
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “shpat”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1408
Further reading
edit- “shpat”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “shpat”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “shpat”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 489