bosht

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bāsta, akin to Proto-Germanic *bōsta (cf. Old High German buost (“rope made of bast”)), *bastaz (“bast”)), Latin fascis.[1]

Noun

bosht m (plural boshte, definite boshti, definite plural boshtet)

  1. spindle, axis, axle

Declension

Declension of bosht
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bosht boshti boshte boshtet
accusative boshtin
dative boshti boshtit boshteve boshteve
ablative boshtesh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bosht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 32-3
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