qershi

Albanian

Alternative forms

• qërrshi, qurrshi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”). Alternatively possibly partly through a Vulgar Latin and Late Latin intermediate ceresia < ceresium, from the same Greek root. Compare Romanian cireașă, Aromanian cireashi.

Noun

qershí f (plural qershi, definite qershia, definite plural qershitë)

1. cherry

Declension

Declension of qershi

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	qershi	qershia	qershi	qershitë
accusative		qershinë
dative	qershie	qershisë	qershive	qershive
ablative			qershish

Synonyms

• vishnjë

Related terms

• qershor
• qershigël
• qershizë

Further reading

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