është

See also: eshtë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• o, ôsht — central Gheg, southern Gheg
• o, osht — northeastern Gheg
• â, âsht — northeastern Gheg, northwestern Gheg
• ë, ësht, ësht', eshtë, esht — Tosk
• ishtë — Arbëresh
• ishte — Cham
• isht, έ̰σ̈τε̰ (është), ε̱σ̈τε̱ (është) — Arvanitika

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ensti Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“to be”), from *h₁es-. Possibly reinforced by Latin est.

Pronunciation

• (Tosk) IPA^(key): /ˈəʃtə/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈəʃt(ə)/, /ˈɛʃt(ə)/ (Northern Tosk)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈəʃtə/ (Lab)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈiʃtɛ/ (Çam)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈiʃt/, /ˈəʃtə/ (Arvanitika)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈiʃtə/ (Arbëresh)
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːʃt/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɒːʃt/ (Southern Gheg)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɑːʃt/ (Northern Gheg)

Verb

është (standard, Tosk, Cham, Arbëresh)

1. third-person singular present indicative of jam

Derived terms

• çështje