shportë

See also: shporte

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin sporta (basket, sieve), contaminated with the preterite forms of shpie (to carry) and its derivatives (cf. shpurë and shpjertë).

Noun

shportë f (plural shporta, definite shporta, definite plural shportat)

  1. basket

Declension

Declension of shportë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shportë shporta shporta shportat
accusative shportën
dative shporte shportës shportave shportave
ablative shportash

Further reading

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