shtreth
Albanian
Etymology
- Compound of sh- (“de-, dis-, un-”) + dredh (“turn, revolve, twist”).
- Prefix sh- (“de-, dis-, un-”) from the same root as ith (“behind”), namely Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.[1]
- dredh from Proto-Albanian *drē̆δ-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵʰ-. Cognate to Old Armenian դառնամ (daṙnam, “to turn, revolve”),[2] Gothic dragan (“to draw, accumulate, take on”), English drag. Related to dridh (“tremble, quake rock, move”), from Proto-Albanian *dreδ-, from Proto-Indo-European *d(h)r- (“to tremble, quake, rock”). Cognate to Lithuanian drebù (“to tremble, quake”).[3]
- A variant of shtreze, from shtroj,[4] related to shtrij.
- According to Orel, from shtrat.[5]
Noun
shtreth m (indefinite plural shtrethe, definite singular shtrethi, definite plural shtrethet)
Declension
Declension of shtreth
| 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) shtreth | (disa) shtrethe | shtrethi | shtrethet | |
| accusative (kallëzore) |
(një) shtreth | (disa) shtrethe | shtrethin | shtrethet | |
| genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) |
(një) shtrethi | (disa) shtretheve | shtrethit | shtrethevet | |
| dative (dhanore) |
(një) shtrethi | (disa) shtretheve | shtrethit | shtrethevet | |
| ablative (rrjedhore) (prej) |
(një) shtrethi | (disa) shtrethesh | shtrethit | shtrethevet | |
Related terms
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 173-174
- 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 143
- 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 143
- 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 379
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shtreth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 442
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