kreshnik

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian krajišnik ("borderer, frontiersman"), from dialectal Kosovo Serbian kraešnik ("hero in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors").[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kreshnik m (plural kreshnikë, definite kreshniku, definite plural kreshnikët)

  1. hero in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors
  2. champion

Declension

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Declension of kreshnik
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kreshnik kreshnikë kreshniku kreshnikët
accusative kreshnikun
dative kreshniku kreshnikëve kreshnikut kreshnikëve
ablative kreshnikësh

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "vraç", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 317-318
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kreshnik”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
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