mushkëri

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mushkni — Gheg Albanian
  • mushkëni — Gheg Albanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *múHs (“mouse; muscle”). Compare Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣká, “testicle, vulva”), Persian مشک (mošk, “lively, eager”), Ancient Greek μύσχον (múskhon, “genitals”), Latin mūsculus (“muscle”), Old Armenian մուկն (mukn, “muscle”).

Noun

mushkëri f

  1. lung

Declension

Declension of mushkëri
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mushkëri mushkëria mushkëri mushkëritë
accusative mushkërinë
dative mushkërie mushkërisë mushkërive mushkërive
ablative mushkërish

Further reading

  • “mushkëri”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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