mistri
Albanian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek μύστρον (mústron). Cognate to Greek μυστρί (mystrí), Bulgarian мистрия (mistrija), Serbo-Croatian мистрија, Romanian mistrie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mistˈɾi/
- Rhymes: -ɾi
- Hyphenation: mist‧rí
Noun
mistri f (plural mistri, definite mistria, definite plural mistritë) (construction)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mistri | mistria | mistri | mistritë |
| accusative | mistrinë | |||
| dative | mistrie | mistrisë | mistrive | mistrive |
| ablative | mistrish | |||
Related terms
- mistrim (“plaster”)
- mistroj (“to plaster”)
- mistris (“to smoothen”)
- mistros (“to plaster”)
- mistrishe (“maize-cob”)
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “mistri”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “mistrí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 287