kopsht
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either:
- from Proto-Indo-European *kā́p-s ~ *káp-s-os, from *kap- (“to seize, hold”), suffixed with -shtë and ultimately a doublet of kap,
- or from Proto-Albanian *kāp-esta,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂po- (“land, garden”), cognate to Proto-Germanic *hōbō.[2][3]
In both cases it is also cognate to Ancient Greek κῆπος (kêpos).
Noun
[edit]kopsht m (plural kopshte, definite kopshti, definite plural kopshtet)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kopsht | kopshti | kopshte | kopshtet |
| accusative | kopshtin | |||
| dative | kopshti | kopshtit | kopshteve | kopshteve |
| ablative | kopshtesh | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2000), A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language: Reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 222
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013), Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 260
Further reading
[edit]- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][2], 1980
- “kopsht”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Newmark, Leonard (1999), “kopsht”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3], Oxford: Oxford University Press