kushtrim

Albanian

Etymology

Apparently a contraction of kush â trim (who is brave?), the traditional call when some danger presented itself,[1][2][3] though quite possibly a folk etymology. Alternatively, gerund of an unattested *kushtroj; *kushtroj +‎ -im, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *conscrīptāre, a secondary formation based on conscrībere (“to enroll, enlist”).[4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuʃtˈɾim/

Noun

kushtrim m (plural kushtrime, definite kushtrimi, definite plural kushtrimet)

  1. call up, enrollment

Declension
Declension of kushtrim
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kushtrim kushtrime kushtrimi kushtrimet
accusative kushtrimin
dative kushtrimi kushtrimeve kushtrimit kushtrimevet
ablative kushtrimesh

Derived terms

References
  1. Shaban Demiraj: Morfologjia e gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1971, p. 52
  2. "Thus, the noun kushtrim is the simplified form of the sentence 'kush ashtë trim'" in Kolec Topalli: Dukuritë fonetike të sistemit bashkëtingëllor të gjuhës shqipe, 2004, fq. 308.
  3. Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), Prishtinë: Rilindja
  4. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kushtrim”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 207-8
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