kurriz

Albanian

Etymology

From *kurr and suffix -iz, from Proto-Albanian *kurna, from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)or(H)- (compare Latvian cęrs (“stump, knotty root”), Serbo-Croatian kȍrijen (“root”)). By analogy of a root (taproot) with the spine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈriz/, [kʊˈriz]

Noun

kurriz m (plural kurrize, definite kurrizi, definite plural kurrizet)

1. (anatomy) back; spine

   Synonym: shpinë

2. something similar to a back, behind something
3. (figurative) self

   Synonym: vetë

Declension

Declension of kurriz

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	kurriz	kurrize	kurrizi	kurrizet
accusative			kurrizin
dative	kurrizi	kurrizeve	kurrizit	kurrizeve
ablative		kurrizesh

References

• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kurriz”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 207