shtreth

shtreth

Albanian

Etymology

• Compound of sh- (“de-, dis-, un-”) + dredh (“turn, revolve, twist”).
  • Prefix sh- (“de-, dis-, un-”) from the same root as ith (“behind”), namely Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.[1]
  • dredh from Proto-Albanian *drē̆δ-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵʰ-. Cognate to Old Armenian դառնամ (daṙnam, “to turn, revolve”),[2] Gothic dragan (“to draw, accumulate, take on”), English drag. Related to dridh (“tremble, quake rock, move”), from Proto-Albanian *dreδ-, from Proto-Indo-European *d(h)r- (“to tremble, quake, rock”). Cognate to Lithuanian drebù (“to tremble, quake”).[3]
• A variant of shtreze, from shtroj,[4] related to shtrij.
• According to Orel, from shtrat.[5]

Noun

shtreth m (indefinite plural shtrethe, definite singular shtrethi, definite plural shtrethet)

1. board

Declension

Declension of shtreth

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	(një) shtreth	(disa) shtrethe		shtrethi	shtrethet
accusative (kallëzore)	(një) shtreth	(disa) shtrethe		shtrethin	shtrethet
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	(një) shtrethi	(disa) shtretheve		shtrethit	shtrethevet
dative (dhanore)	(një) shtrethi	(disa) shtretheve		shtrethit	shtrethevet
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej)	(një) shtrethi	(disa) shtrethesh		shtrethit	shtrethevet

Related terms

• shtreze

References

1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 173-174
2. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 143
3. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 143
4. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 379
5. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shtreth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 442