kushëri

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsobrīnus (“first cousin, relation”).

Noun

kushërí m (plural kushërinj, definite kushëriri, definite plural kushërinjtë)

  1. cousin, first cousin
  2. (in the plural) clan, tribe, large family
    Synonyms: farefis, fis, kushërini

Declension

Declension of kushëri
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kushëri kushëriri kushërinj kushërinjtë
accusative kushëririn
dative kushëriri kushëririt kushërinjve kushërinjve
ablative kushërinjsh

Further reading

  • “kushëri”, 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
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “kushëri”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kushëri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
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