shqitëz

Albanian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃcitəs/
  • Rhymes: -itəs
  • Hyphenation: shqí‧tës

Noun

shqitëz f (plural shqitëza, definite shqitëza, definite plural shqitëzat)

  1. (Arvanitika, Arbëresh) swan
    Synonym: mjellmë
  2. (archaic) common pochard (Aythya ferina)
    Synonym: zhytër

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “shqitëz”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shqitë […] z”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 496
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