arsye
Albanian
Etymology
From an earlier *rrësye, rendered as masculine arsye (definite singular arseu, indefinite plural arsenje) in Buzuku and feminine arrësye in Budi; from Latin ratiōnem (“reason”). Latin ō > Albanian e is regular in older borrowings, developing into -ye when succeeded by a syllabic consonant. The initial a- is prothetic.[1] Alternatively, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *arratiōnis from the same Latin source.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aɾˈsy.ɛ]
Noun
arsye f (indefinite plural arsye, definite singular arsyeja, definite plural arsyet)
- reason
- rationality
- reason (cause)
Synonyms
- mend
- shkak
- sebep
Derived terms
- arsyetoj
- arsej
- arsyeshëm
- arsim
- paarsyshëm
References
- Topalli, Kolec (2017), “arsye”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 123
- Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.