manushaqe

See also: Manushaqe

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • monushaqe, monosaqeSicily

Etymology

    Borrowed from Greek μανουσάκι (manousáki), see there for more. Doublet of menekshe.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /manuˈʃace/
    • Rhymes: -ace

    Noun

    manushaqe f (plural manushaqe, definite manushaqja, definite plural manushaqet)

    1. violet (Viola, especially V. odorata)
      Synonyms: vjollcë, (regional) menekshe
      • 1854, Johann Georg von Hahn, Albanische Studien, volume 2, Jena, page 152:
        dόλλι τρε̰νdαφύλι ε λϳα μανουσ̈άκϳετε̰.
        [doli trëndafili e la manushaqetë.]
        the rose came out and left the violets (in the shade).
    2. synonym of manushaqe e egër

    Declension

    This noun needs an inflection-table template.

    Derived terms

    • manushaqore
    compounds
    • manushaqe arave
    • manushaqe brinake
    • manushaqe bubuleshe
    • manushaqe digjythëshe
    • manushaqe dylulëshe
    • manushaqe e bardhë
    • manushaqe e bukur
    • manushaqe e egër
    • manushaqe e pushëzuar
    • manushaqe e rreme
    • manushaqe e verdhë
    • manushaqe fushave
    • manushaqe kënete
    • manushaqe mbrëmjeje
    • manushaqe pëllëmbore
    • manushaqe përroi
    • manushaqe pylli
    • manushaqe qeni
    • manushaqe shumëvjeçare
    • manushaqe tringjyrëshe
    • manushaqe thuapule

    Descendants

    • Aromanian: manushachi / manushache

    References

    • “manusháq/e,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 1057b
    • Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “manushaqja”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 208b
    • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “manushaqe”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 293
    • Mann, S. E. (1948) “manushaqe”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 262b
    • Meyer, G. (1891) “menekše”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 269