ushqim

Albanian

Etymology

Gerund of ushqej (“to feed”); ushqej +‎ -im.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uʃˈcim/, [u̞ʃˈc͡çim]

Noun

ushqim m (plural ushqime, definite ushqimi, definite plural ushqimet)

  1. food
    Synonym: bukë

Declension

Declension of ushqim
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ushqim ushqimi ushqime ushqimet
accusative ushqimin
dative ushqimi ushqimit ushqimeve ushqimeve
ablative ushqimesh
Verbal nouns in -im are grammatically masculine when singular and grammatically feminine in the plural.

Further reading

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