zhytër
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From zhyt (“to dive in, to immerse”) + -ër.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]zhytër f (plural zhýtra, definite zhýtra, definite plural zhýtrat)
- common pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Synonym: shqitëz
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | zhytër | zhytra | zhytra | zhytrat |
| accusative | zhytrën | |||
| dative | zhytre | zhytrës | zhytrave | zhytrave |
| ablative | zhytrash | |||
Further reading
[edit]- “zhytër”, 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][1], 1980
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “zhyt […] -ër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 589