argsh

Albanian

Alternative forms

• argësh

Etymology

From older dialectal argësh, from Proto-Albanian *argusa, from Proto-Indo-European; compare Sanskrit अर्गल (argala, “bolt”), Old English reced (“building, house”).

Noun

argsh m (definite argshi)

1. crude pontoon raft or bridge made of wickerwork and inflated bladders

Declension

Declension of argsh

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	argsh	argshi	argshe	argshet
accusative		argshin
dative	argshi	argshit	argsheve	argsheve
ablative			argshesh

Further reading

• “argsh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “argsh”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]