shpat

See also: Shpat

Albanian

Etymology

Prefixed form of *pat, from Proto-Albanian *pata, cognate to Greek πίπτω (pípto, “to fall”), Sanskrit पतति (pátati, “to fly, to sour”).[1] Alternatively from shpatull (“shoulder”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpat/

Noun

shpat m (plural shpate, definite shpati, definite plural shpatet)

  1. precipice, slope, ravine, mountainside
  2. (Arbëresh, Arvanitika) mountain forest, wood, wooded slope

References

  1. ^ Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.428
  2. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “shpat”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1408

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “shpat”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shpat”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 489
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