bisht

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *būšta, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (to grow) (compare English bush, Greek φύση (fýsi, nature), Armenian բույս (buys, plant)). Others, however, argue for a borrowing from a pre-Indo-European substratum, drawing parallels to Basque bustan and Romanian buștean.[1][2]

Noun

bisht m (plural bishta)

  1. (anatomy) tail
  2. (orthography) cedilla

Declension

Declension of bisht
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bisht bishti bishta bishtat
accusative bishtin
dative bishti bishtit bishtave bishtave
ablative bishtash
Declension of bisht
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bisht bishti bishtra bishtrat
accusative bishtin
dative bishti bishtit bishtrave bishtrave
ablative bishtrash

Derived terms

  • (plants) bishtajë f, bishtdac m, bishtdungë f, bishtdhelpër f, bisht daci m, bisht gomari m, bisht miu m, bishtmi m, bishtadhizë f
  • bishtalec m, bisht pëllumbi m, bisht kali m, bisht dhelpre, bisht gjeli m, bisht gjarpri m, (hardhucë f), bishtagan m (pilivesë f), bishtagyp m, bishtagjatë m, bishtagjel m, bishtdurde, bishtpërpjetë, bishtcakërr, bishtra-bishtra, bishtbardhë, bishtcub, bishtcubel, bishtcung, bishtçatall, bishtgërshërë, bishtdredhur

References

  1. ^ Annotated Swadish wordlists for the Albanian group (Indo-European family), George Starostin, 2011 [1]
  2. ^ Advances in Proto-Basque reconstruction with evidence for the Proto-Indo-European-Eusakarian hypothesis, Juliette Blevins, Routledge, 2018

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980