shpresë

See also: shprese

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin sperans, sperantia, from spero (“hope”). Compare Albanian shpërej "to hope" (doublet of shpresoj, itself from shpresë) from Latin sperāre.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃpɾɛs(ə)] (Tosk)
  • IPA(key): [ʃpɾɛs] (Gheg)

Noun

shpresë f (plural shpresa, definite shpresa, definite plural shpresat)

  1. hope, expectation, waiting, expectancy
    Synonym: uzdajë

Declension

Declension of shpresë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shpresë shpresa shpresa shpresat
accusative shpresën
dative shprese shpresës shpresave shpresave
ablative shpresash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpresë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 429

Further reading

  • “shpresë”, 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) “shpresë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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