kopsht

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • kopësht

Etymology

Either:

  1. from Proto-Indo-European *kā́p-s ~ *káp-s-os, from *kap- (“to seize, hold”), suffixed with -shtë and ultimately a doublet of kap,
  2. or from Proto-Albanian *kāp-esta[1], from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂po- (“land, garden”), cognate to Proto-Germanic *hōbō.[2][3]

In both cases it is also cognate to Ancient Greek κῆπος (kêpos).

Noun

kopsht m (indefinite plural kopshte, definite singular kopshti, definite plural kopshtet)

  1. garden
  2. kindergarten

Declension
Declension of kopsht
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 (një) kopsht (disa) kopshte kopshti kopshtet
accusative
(kallëzore)		 (një) kopsht (disa) kopshte kopshtin kopshtet
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 (një) kopshti (disa) kopshteve kopshtit kopshtevet
dative
(dhanore)		 (një) kopshti (disa) kopshteve kopshtit kopshtevet
ablative
(rrjedhore)
(prej)		 (një) kopshti (disa) kopshtesh kopshtit kopshtevet

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
  2. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 222
  3. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 260
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