dishtë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • dishkë

Etymology

Probably from an earlier dishkë given the Albanian -k-, Latin -c- correspondance, from Vulgar Latin, from Latin discus (disc). Doublet of dhisk.[1]

Noun

dishtë f (plural dishte, definite dishta, definite plural dishtet)

  1. mill funnel

Declension

Declension of dishtë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dishtë dishta dishte dishtet
accusative dishtën
dative dishte dishtës dishteve dishteve
ablative dishtesh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

Further reading

  • dishtë”, 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]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “dishtë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3]