është
See also: eshtë
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ô, ôsht — central Gheg, southern Gheg[1]
- o, osht — northeastern Gheg
- â, âsht — northeastern Gheg, northwestern Gheg[2]
- ë, ësht, ësht', eshtë, esht — Tosk
- ishtë — Arbëresh
- ishte — Cham
- isht, έ̰σ̈τε̰ (është), ε̱σ̈τε̱ (është) — Arvanitika
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *ensti [3] Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“to be”), from *h₁es-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]është (standard, Tosk, Cham, Arbëresh)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ [1] "Albanisches Bauerleben im oberen Rekatal bei Dibra (Makedonien)" (german, "Albanian Peasant Life in the Upper Reka Valley near Dibra (Macedonia)") - Bajazid Elmaz Doda, 2007, Vienna (Austria), Page: 192
- ^ Jungg, G. (1895) Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 1
- ^ V. Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, 2018, page 156