qershi

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • qërrshi, qurrshi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”).[1] Alternatively possibly partly through a Vulgar Latin and Late Latin intermediate ceresia < ceresium, from the same Greek root. Compare Romanian cireașă, Aromanian cireashi.

Noun

qershí f (plural qershi, definite qershia, definite plural qershitë)

  1. cherry

Declension

Declension of qershi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative qershi qershia qershi qershitë
accusative qershinë
dative qershie qershisë qershive qershive
ablative qershish

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “qershi”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1215

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “qershi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “qershi”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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