shtëpi
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)
- 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."
- Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit, §602.:
- home
- household
Declension edit
Declension of shtëpi
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtëpi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 438