teshë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *taksjā, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to hew”) (compare Lithuanian tašaũ (“to hew”), Latin texō (“to weave”), Sanskrit तक्षति (takșati, “to carpenter, cut”)).[1] Cognate with tollë.

Noun

teshë f (plural tesha, definite tesha, definite plural teshat)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) cloth, robe, clothes
  2. (in the singular) speck of dust, particle in the eye
  3. little splinter
  4. (regional) spindle whorl

Declension

Declension of teshë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative teshë tesha tesha teshat
accusative teshën
dative teshe teshës teshave teshave
ablative teshash

Synonyms

  • (spindle whorl): agërshak

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “teshë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 453

Further reading

  • “teshë”, 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
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