shegë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from a Mediterranean substrate word reconstructible as *si(l)gʷā whence also Ancient Greek σίδη (sídē).[1] By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek κυσήγη (kusḗgē).[2]
Noun
[edit]shégë f (plural shégë, definite shéga)
- pomegranate (tree and fruit)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | shegë | shega | shegë | shegët |
| accusative | shegën | |||
| dative | shege | shegës | shegëve | shegëve |
| ablative | shegësh | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shegë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
- ^ Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor[1], page 41
Further reading
[edit]- “shegë”, 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][2], 1980
- Jungg, G. (1895) “sceegh”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 126
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1275: “la melagrana; il melograno” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it