arsye

Albanian

Etymology

From an earlier *rrësye, rendered as masculine arsye (definite singular arseu, indefinite plural arsenje) in Buzuku and feminine arrësye in Budi; from Latin ratiōnem (“reason”). Latin ō > Albanian e is regular in older borrowings, developing into -ye when followed by a syllabic consonant. The initial a- is prothetic.[1][2] Alternatively, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *arratiōnis from the same Latin source.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [aɾˈsy.ɛ]

Noun

arsye f (plural arsye, definite arsyeja, definite plural arsyet)

  1. reason
    • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
      U lus ju të ecëni me arësye.
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  2. rationality
  3. reason (cause)

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References
  1. Topalli, K. (2017) “arsye”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 123
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “arsye”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 10
  3. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.
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