mostër

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *mōstra, from Latin mōnstrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmostəɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: mós‧tër

Noun

mostër f (plural mostra, definite mostra, definite plural mostrat)

1. sample, specimen

   Synonyms: specimen, model

2. pattern

   Synonyms: shembull, yrnek

3. (obsolete) monster

   Synonym: përbindësh

Declension

Declension of mostër

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mostër	mostra	mostra	mostrat
accusative		mostrën
dative	mostre	mostrës	mostrave	mostrave
ablative			mostrash

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “mostër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “mostër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 294