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shtet

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Singularized plural of *shtat, from Latin stātus.[1] Per Matasović a borrowing from Italian stato.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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shtet m (plural shtete, definite shteti, definite plural shtetet)

  1. state

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtet”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 438.
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2024). A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for Students of Indo-European. Zagreb. Page 49

Further reading

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