Shqipëria

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Tosk and Standard Albanian form of Gheg Shqipnia, Shqypnia (“the Albania”). Definite form of Shqipëri (“Albania”). Indefinite form Shqipëri + -a f (“the”) (definite article).

  1. Shqipëria (“the Albania”) (Tosk)
    Shqipnia, Shqypnia (“the Albania”) (Gheg)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃcipəˈɾia/, /ʃcɕipəˈɾia/ (Standard Albanian
  • IPA(key): /ʃcipˈnia/, /ʃcɕipˈnia/, /ʃcipəˈnia/, /ʃcɕipəˈnia/ (Gheg, without rhotacism)
  • IPA(key): /ʃkʲipəˈɾia/ (arachaic, preserved in Cham)

Proper noun

Shqipëria f

  1. definite nominative of Shqipëri
  2. the Albania

Declension

See Shqipëri (“Albania”).

References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 82, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 126, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
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