kushtrim

Albanian

Etymology

Gerund of an unattested *kushtroj; *kushtroj +‎ -im, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *conscrīptāre, a secondary formation based on conscrībere (“to enroll, enlist”).[1] Alternatively, a contraction of kush â trim (who is brave?), the traditional call when some danger presented itself.[2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuʃtˈɾim/

Noun

kushtrim m (indefinite plural kushtrime, definite singular kushtrimi, definite plural kushtrimet)

  1. call up, enrollment

Declension
Declension of kushtrim
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kushtrim kushtrime kushtrimi kushtrimet
accusative kushtrimin
dative kushtrimi kushtrimeve kushtrimit kushtrimevet
ablative kushtrimesh

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 207-8
  2. Shaban Demiraj: Morfologjia e gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1971, p. 52
  3. "Thus, the noun kushtrim is the simplified form of the sentence 'kush ashtë trim'" in Kolec Topalli: Dukuritë fonetike të sistemit bashkëtingëllor të gjuhës shqipe, 2004, fq. 308.
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