shpor

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Either from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bear, lead across, penetrate”) (cf. shpoj and shporr), or a loanword from Gothic, through an unattested Vulgar Latin *spora.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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shpor m (plural shpore, definite shpori, definite plural shporet)

  1. (uncountable, anatomy) breastbone, keel, furcula
    Synonym: heqës
  2. (uncountable) saddle
    Synonym: samar
  3. spur
    Synonym: mamuz
  4. (botany) nectary
  5. furrow
    Synonym: hulli
  6. ridge, mound, bed, plot
    Synonyms: vllajë, lehe

Declension

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Declension of shpor
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shpor shpori shpore shporet
accusative shporin
dative shpori shporit shporeve shporeve
ablative shporesh

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpor”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 430

Further reading

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  • “shpor”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “shpor”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shpor”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 493
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