shëndet
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *sanitātis (nominative singular), from Latin sānitās (“health”).[3] Compare Romanian sănătate.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shëndet m (definite shëndeti)
Declension
[edit]| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | shëndet | shëndeti |
| accusative | shëndetin | |
| dat./abl. | shëndeti | shëndetit |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Interjection
[edit]shëndet
- bless you! (said when someone sneezes)
References
[edit]- ^ Google for "shnet" + "shqip"
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 132, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 211.