kurriz

Albanian

Etymology

From *kurr and suffix -iz, from Proto-Albanian *kurna, from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)or(H)- (compare Latvian cęrs (“stump, knotty root”), Serbo-Croatian kȍrijen (“root”)). By analogy of a root (taproot) with the spine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈriz/, [kʊˈriz]

Noun

kurriz m (plural kurrize, definite kurrizi, definite plural kurrizet)

1. (anatomy) back
2. (anatomy, colloquial) spinal column, spine, backbone

   Synonyms: shtyllë kurrizore, bosht i kurrizit

3. hunched back
4. back (chair, building, dress), dorsal part
5. ridge (of mountain, furrow)

   Synonym: kreshtë

6. (figurative) self

   Synonym: vetë

Declension

Declension of kurriz

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kurriz	kurrizi	kurrize	kurrizet
accusative		kurrizin
dative	kurrizi	kurrizit	kurrizeve	kurrizeve
ablative			kurrizesh

References

• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kurriz”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 207