fshat

Albanian

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek φοσσᾶτον (phossâton), φουσσᾶτον (phoussâton, “encampment”), from Late Latin fossātum (“entrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch”).

Noun

fshat m (indefinite plural fshatra, definite singular fshati, definite plural fshatrat)

1. village, especially (politics) as a unit of local government in Albania
2. rural area, countryside

Declension

Declension of fshat

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	fshat	fshatra	fshati	fshatrat
accusative	fshat	fshatra	fshatin	fshatrat
dative	fshati	fshatrave	fshatit	fshatravet
ablative		fshatrash

Coordinate terms

• katund, trevë
• vilajet, sanxhak, kaza, nahijë
• prefekturë, nënprefekturë, krahinë, bashki, komunë
• qark, rreth, lokalitet, lagje

Descendants

• → Romanian: sat, fsat