shqitëz

Albanian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃcitəs/
• Rhymes: -itəs
• Hyphenation: shqí‧tës

Noun

shqitëz f (plural shqitëza, definite shqitëza, definite plural shqitëzat)

1. (Arvanitika, Arbëresh) swan

   Synonym: mjellmë

2. (archaic) common pochard (Aythya ferina)

   Synonym: zhytër

Further reading

• “shqitëz”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “shqitëz”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “shqitë […] z”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 496