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samë

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "same"

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *tswa(n)-ma, a derivative in -mo of the Proto-Indo-European word for dog, otherwise unattested. Compare Sanskrit श्वन् (śvā́), Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Old Irish cú and Lithuanian šuõ. For sense development compare Proto-Slavic *govьno (“excrement”) from *gʷṓws (“cow”).[1]

Noun

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samë f (plural sama, definite sama, definite plural samat)

  1. dog excrement

Declension

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Declension of samë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative samë sama sama samat
accusative samën
dative sameje samës samave samave
ablative samash

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “samë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 393
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