shtëpi

Albanian

FWOTD – 2 August 2023

Alternative forms

Etymology

Through Vulgar Latin, from Latin hospitium; compare Ancient Greek ὁσπίτιον (hospítion) (modern Greek σπίτι (spíti)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): [ʃtəˈpi]
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): [ʃpi], [ʃpɜj], [ʃpæj]
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Noun

shtëpi f (plural shtëpi, definite shtëpia, definite plural shtëpitë)

  1. house
    • Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit, §602.:
      «Shtëpia e Shqiptarit është e Zotit dhe e mikut». (Tosk)
      «Shpija e Shqyptarit âsht e Zotit e e mikut». (Gheg)
      "The house of the Albanian belongs to God and the guest."
  2. home
  3. household

Declension

Declension of shtëpi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shtëpi shtëpia shtëpi shtëpitë
accusative shtëpinë
dative shtëpie shtëpisë shtëpive shtëpive
ablative shtëpish

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtëpi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 438

Further reading

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