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)

call up, enrollment

Declension

Declension of kushtrim

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

Derived terms

Kushtrim

References

^ Shaban Demiraj: Morfologjia e gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1971, p. 52
^ "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.
^ Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), Prishtinë: Rilindja
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kushtrim”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 207-8

[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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