lashtë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From (lashë (le(f)t behind) +‎ -të) Proto-Albanian *lauša. According to Jokl (& Slavia Praha) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (to grow; people).[1] A similar developement can be seen in Proto-Germanic *aldaz (old) (release → let grow → grow old).[2] Related to Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (laus, loosen, set free, empty), further related to Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, to loose, release). Feist,[3] Frisk,[4] Haarmann,[5] Kluge, Liukkonen and Pokorny[6] favour(ed) a relation to Lithuanian ìlgas (long).

According to Çabej a derivative of lag (I wet, moisten)[7] and to Meyer a loan from Latin lassus (faint, languid)[8]

Cf. Albanian lasht m (ancient time).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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láshtë

  1. early, anciently, long ago, once (time; era in the past)
    Synonyms: lashë, dikur, herët, njëherë
    Antonyms: tani, tash, tashti, sot
  2. past, beyond, back then, at that time, in those days (further back of our time/era)
    Synonyms: kaluar, pranë, përpara

Adjective

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i lashtë (feminine plural të láshta)

  1. ancient, early, very distant (period, era, time)
    Synonyms: largët, hershëm, dikurshëm, moçëm
  2. ancient, old (history, languages, peoples, cities, proverbs, etc.)
    Synonyms: vjetër, plak, urtë
  3. antique, archaic, old (costume, tradition, etc.)
  4. (colloquial) leftover, odd, remaining (food, crops, seeds)
    Synonym: lashtash
    miell të lashtëleftover flour

Noun

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láshtë m (plural láshta, definite (i) láshtë, definite plural (të) láshta)

  1. overaged, old man; ancient person/figure, legend
    Synonyms: plak, kaluar, moçem
  2. (botany, agriculture, domestication) plant/breed/species growing/developing faster and/or producing/maturing earlier than others
    Synonym: hershëm
    Antonym: vonë

láshtë f (plural láshta, definite láshta, definite plural láshtat / (të) láshta)

  1. (colloquial, in the singular) ancient time
    Synonym: lasht m
    lashtë...In ancient times...
  2. (in the plural) (early summer) harvest
    Plural meaning: harvest such as cereals and crops; which are sown in autumn and harvested during early summer.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, pages 226-228
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lashtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 214-215
  3. ^ Sigmund Feist (1939) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der gotischen Sprache mit Einschluss des Krimgotischen und sonstiger zerstreuter überreste dez Gotischen (in German), 3 edition, Leiden: Brill, page 325
  4. ^ Hjalmar Frisk (1973) Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, Band 2 (in German), Carl Winter, →ISBN, pages 149-150
  5. ^ Harald Haarman (1972) Der lateinische Lehnwortschatz im Albanischen (in German), Helmut Buske, Hamburg (De), page 132
  6. ^ Julius Pokorny (1959) Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch: I. Band, Volume 2 (in German), Francke, pages 681-682
  7. ^ Çabej, Eqrem (1976) “lashtë”, in Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 308-309
  8. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “lashtë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 238

Further reading

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  • [1] adverb láshtë/lashtë • adjective (e/i) láshtë/lashtëm. noun láshtë/lashtëf. noun láshtë/lashtë • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)