shpatë
See also: shpate
Albanian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin spatha.[1] Cognate with Greek σπαθί (spathí), Italian spada, Romanian spadă, spată.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]shpatë f (plural shpata, definite shpata, definite plural shpatat)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | shpatë | shpata | shpata | shpatat |
| accusative | shpatën | |||
| dative | shpate | shpatës | shpatave | shpatave |
| ablative | shpatash | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shpatë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 428
Further reading
[edit]- Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 1: “acinaces — scpata”
- “shpatë”, 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), “shpatë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press