ushtar
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ushtë (“spear”), historically identical with usht (“ear (of grain)”).[1] Otherwise a borrowing of a Vulgar Latin word, similar to estradiots/estradiotes.
Noun
[edit]ushtár m (plural ushtarë)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ushtar | ushtari | ushtarë | ushtarët |
| accusative | ushtarin | |||
| dative | ushtari | ushtarit | ushtarëve | ushtarëve |
| ablative | ushtarësh | |||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ushtar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 490.
Further reading
[edit]- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980