kushtrim

See also: Kushtrim

Albanian

Etymology

Apparently a contraction of kush â trim (who is brave?), the traditional call when some danger presented itself.[1][2][3] Orel derives it from the gerund of an unattested *kushtroj: *kushtroj +‎ -im, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *conscrīptāre, a secondary formation based on conscrībere (“to enroll, enlist”).[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuʃtˈɾim/

Noun

kushtrim m (plural kushtrime, definite kushtrimi, definite plural kushtrimet)

  1. call up, enrollment

Declension

Declension of kushtrim
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kushtrim kushtrimi kushtrime kushtrimet
accusative kushtrimin
dative kushtrimi kushtrimit kushtrimeve kushtrimeve
ablative kushtrimesh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shaban Demiraj: Morfologjia e gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1971, p. 52
  2. ^ "Thus, the noun kushtrim is the simplified form of the sentence 'kush ashtë trim'" in Kolec Topalli: Dukuritë fonetike të sistemit bashkëtingëllor të gjuhës shqipe, 2004, fq. 308.
  3. ^ Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), Prishtinë: Rilindja
  4. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kushtrim”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 207-8

Further reading

  • “kushtrim”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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