shtazë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Albanian shtanse, from *shtan + -zë, from Proto-Albanian *stana, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-nó-s (“standing”), participle of *steh₂- (“to stand”). Ultimately a doublet of stër-. Alternatively, from Dacian or paleo-balkan substrate, cognate to Romanian stână.[1]

Noun

shtazë f (plural shtazë, definite shtaza, definite plural shtazët)

  1. animal
    Synonym: kafshë

Declension

Declension of shtazë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shtazë shtaza shtazë shtazët
accusative shtazën
dative shtaze shtazës shtazëve shtazëve
ablative shtazësh

Derived terms

  • shtazëri, shtazëroj, shtazëz, shtazor, shtazarak

References

  1. ^ KatKatičić, R. Ancient Languages of the Balkans. 1975. p. 152
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