bushtër
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A derivative of bush (“monster”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”), originally meaning 'to be wild', structurally similar to bisht.
Noun
[edit]bushtër f (plural bushtra, definite bushtra, definite plural bushtrat)
- (mythology) dragoness; mythological creature imagined as a fire-breathing female dragon
- Synonym: kuçedër
- female dog, bitch
- (colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) whore, slut, tramp
- (zoology) European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bushtër | bushtra | bushtra | bushtrat |
| accusative | bushtrën | |||
| dative | bushtre | bushtrës | bushtrave | bushtrave |
| ablative | bushtrash | |||
Adjective
[edit]bushtër
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “bushtër”, 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
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “bushtër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 44