kreshnik
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian krajišnik ("borderer, frontiersman"), from dialectal Kosovo Serbian kraešnik ("hero in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors").[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kreshnik m (plural kreshnikë, definite kreshniku, definite plural kreshnikët)
Declension[edit]
Declension of kreshnik
indefinite | definite | |||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | kreshnik | kreshnikë | kreshniku | kreshnikët |
accusative | kreshnikun | |||
dative | kreshniku | kreshnikëve | kreshnikut | kreshnikëvet |
ablative | kreshnikësh |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "vraç", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 317-318
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kreshnik”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 196