veshkë
Albanian
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Altered with v- from veshje of variant eshkë, from Proto-Albanian *aiškā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyd-sk-eh₂ (compare Old Church Slavonic исто (isto, “kidney”), Old Norse eista (“testicle”)), from *h₂eyd- (“to swell”), whence Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]veshkë f (plural veshka, definite veshka, definite plural veshkat)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | veshkë | veshka | veshka | veshkat |
| accusative | veshkën | |||
| dative | veshke | veshkës | veshkave | veshkave |
| ablative | veshkash | |||
Synonyms
[edit]- (Gheg) rrâni
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “eshke”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90
Further reading
[edit]- “veshkë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006