kuvend

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kuvënd — Tosk
• kuvêt — Gheg

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conventus (“meeting, assembly”). The plurale tantum kuvíse has been influenced by the alternation vís ~ vénd, or alternatively continuing a Vulgar Latin *conventiae. Cognate with Aromanian cuvendã, Romanian cuvânt (“word”) and Greek κουβέντα (kouvénta, “conversation; word, phrase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈvɛnd/

Noun

kuvend m (plural kuvende, definite kuvendi, definite plural kuvendet)

1. discussion, conversation

   Synonyms: bisedím, fjálë

2. assembly, gathering, meeting, convention

   Synonyms: tubím, mbledhje

3. parliament

   Synonym: parlamént

Declension

Declension of kuvend

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	kuvend	kuvende	kuvendi	kuvendet
accusative			kuvendin
dative	kuvendi	kuvendeve	kuvendit	kuvendevet
ablative		kuvendesh

Related terms

• kuvendoj

Further reading

• “kuvend”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006