fytyrë

See also: fytyre

Albanian

Etymology

From fyt (“throat”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Influenced by and alternatively borrowed from Latin factūra (“making, manufacture”) (compare Romanian Romanian făptură (“creature, form”), Italian Italian fattura (“make”)).

Pronunciation

• (Tosk) IPA^(key): /fyˈtyɹə/
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): /ftɜjɹ/

Noun

fytyrë f (plural fytyra, definite fytyra, definite plural fytyrat)

1. (anatomy) face

Declension

Declension of fytyrë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fytyrë	fytyra	fytyra	fytyrat
accusative		fytyrën
dative	fytyre	fytyrës	fytyrave	fytyrave
ablative			fytyrash

Derived terms

• përfytyroj

Further reading

• “fytyrë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “fytyrë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press