amvisë

See also: amvise

Albanian

Etymology

Compound of amë (“mother”) and vis (“land, country, settlement”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“house, settlement”) (compare Ancient Greek οἰκία (oikía, “house (clan)”), Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬚 (viθ, “royal court”)), literally "mother of the house".

Noun

amvísë f (plural amvisa, definite amvisa, definite plural amvisat)

  1. housewife

Declension

Declension of amvisë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative amvisë amvisa amvisa amvisat
accusative amvisën
dative amvise amvisës amvisave amvisave
ablative amvisash

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “amvisë”, 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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