samë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "same"

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tswa(n)-ma, a derivative in -mo of the Proto-Indo-European word for dog, otherwise unattested. Compare Sanskrit श्वन् (śvā́), Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Old Irish cú and Lithuanian šuõ. For sense development compare Proto-Slavic *govьno (“excrement”) from *gʷṓws (“cow”).[1]

Noun

samë f (plural sama, definite sama, definite plural samat)

  1. dog excrement

Declension

Declension of samë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative samë sama sama samat
accusative samën
dative same samës samave samave
ablative samash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “samë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 393
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