shpardh
Albanian
Alternative forms
- shparr
- shparth
- Gheg: shperdhë f, shpardha f
- Tosk: shpardhe f, shpardhje f
Etymology
Enlargement with the collective suffix -dh(ë) of variant shparr.[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *is-pardza, from Proto-Indo-European *perǵ- (compare Lithuanian pérgas (“fishing canoe”), Polish próg (“threshold, doorstep”)).[2]
Noun
shpardh m (indefinite plural shpardhe, definite singular shpardhi, definite plural shpardhet)
Hypernyms
References
- 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 365-6
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shpardh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 427
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