Jump to content

shndrit

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(Redirected from shëndrit)

Albanian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Prefixed derivative in sh- +‎ ndrit, from dritë (light). [1]

Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- (to shine, glow). Cognate with Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, shining), Latin candeō, Old Armenian խանդ (xand).

Verb

[edit]

shndrit (aorist shndrita, participle shndritur)

  1. (intransitive) to shine

Conjugation

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shëndrit”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 413

Further reading

[edit]
  • shndrit”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “shndrit”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]