shpatë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin spatha.[1] Cognate with Greek σπαθί (spathí), Italian spada, Romanian spadă, spată.
Noun
[edit]shpatë f (plural shpata, definite shpata, definite plural shpatat)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | shpatë | shpata | shpata | shpatat |
| accusative | shpatën | |||
| dative | shpate | shpatës | shpatave | shpatave |
| ablative | shpatash | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpatë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 428
Further reading
[edit]- Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 1: “acinaces — scpata”