gushë
See also: gushe
Albanian
Etymology
According to Orel, from Romanian gușă, from Vulgar Latin *gusia (compare Aromanian gushi, gushe, Italian gozzo (“gizzard”), Friulian gose, French gosier (“gullet”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡuʃə/
- Rhymes: -ʃə
- Hyphenation: gú‧shë
Noun
gúshë f (plural gusha, definite gusha, definite plural gushat)
- throat (usually outer throat)
- anterior or upper neck
- craw, crop
- (medicine) goitre
- Synonym: strumë
- (military) cartridge, cylinder, lower arched part of something
- gusha e revoles ― cylinder of a revolver
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gushë | gusha | gusha | gushat |
| accusative | gushën | |||
| dative | gushe | gushës | gushave | gushave |
| ablative | gushash | |||
Derived terms
- gushem
- gushëbardhë
- gushëdalë
- gushëfryrë
- gushëkuq
- gushëlëshuar
- gushëmadh
- gushëmermer
- gushëpëllumbi
- gushëspec
- gushëshpuar
- gushëvarur
- gushëverdhë
- gushëz
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gushë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 128
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “gushë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “gushë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 139