kurriz

Albanian

Etymology

From *kurr and suffix -iz, from Proto-Albanian *kurna, from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)or(H)- (compare Latvian cęrs (“stump, knotty root”), Serbo-Croatian kȍrijen (“root”)). By analogy of a root (taproot) with the spine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈriz/, [kʊˈriz]

Noun

kurriz m (plural kurrize, definite kurrizi, definite plural kurrizet)

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. (anatomy, colloquial) spinal column, spine, backbone
    Synonyms: shtyllë kurrizore, bosht i kurrizit
  3. hunched back
  4. back (chair, building, dress), dorsal part
  5. ridge (of mountain, furrow)
    Synonym: kreshtë
  6. (figurative) self
    Synonym: vetë

Declension

Declension of kurriz
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kurriz kurrizi kurrize kurrizet
accusative kurrizin
dative kurrizi kurrizit kurrizeve kurrizeve
ablative kurrizesh

References

  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kurriz”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
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