Shqypnia

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Gheg form of Tosk and Standard Albanian Shqipëria (“the Albania”). Definite form of Shqypni (“Albania”) (Tosk Shqipëri). Indefinite form Shqypni + -a f (“the”) (definite article). More at Shypni, shqip.

Pronunciation
  • Gheg dialects:
    IPA(key): /ʃcipˈnia/, /ʃcɕipˈnia/, /ʃcipəˈnia/, /ʃcɕipəˈnia/ (without rhotacism)
  • Tosk and Standard Albanian:
    IPA(key): /ʃcipəˈɾia/, /ʃcɕipəˈɾia/ (rhotacism)
  • Tosk subdialects:
    IPA(key): /ʃkʲipəˈɾia/ (archaic /kʲ/ sound preserved in Cham; rhotacism)

Proper noun

Shqypnia f

  1. (Gheg) definite nominative of Shqypni: Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Declension

See Shqypni (“Albania”).

Synonyms

References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 126, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
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