shtazë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• shtëzë (Tosk)
• shtâzë (Gheg)

Etymology

From Old Albanian shtanse, from *shtan + -zë, from Proto-Albanian *stana, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-nó-s (“standing”), participle of *steh₂- (“to stand”). Ultimately a doublet of stër-. Alternatively, from Dacian or paleo-balkan substrate, cognate to Romanian stână.

Noun

shtazë f (plural shtazë, definite shtaza, definite plural shtazët)

1. animal

   Synonym: kafshë

Declension

Declension of shtazë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	shtazë	shtazë	shtaza	shtazët
accusative			shtazën
dative	shtaze	shtazëve	shtazës	shtazëvet
ablative		shtazësh

Derived terms

• shtazëri, shtazëroj, shtazëz, shtazor

Related terms

• shtoj