shtëpi

Albanian
FWOTD – 2 August 2023

Alternative forms

Etymology

Through Vulgar Latin, from Latin hospitium; compare Ancient Greek ὁσπίτιον (hospítion) (modern Greek σπίτι (spíti)).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃtəˈpi/

Noun

shtëpi f (plural shtëpi, definite shtëpia, definite plural shtëpitë)

  1. house
    • Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit, §602.:
      «Shtëpia e Shqiptarit është e Zotit dhe e mikut». (Tosk)
      «Shpija e Shqyptarit âsht e Zotit e e mikut». (Gheg)
      "The house of the Albanian belongs to God and the guest."
  2. home
  3. household

Declension
Declension of shtëpi
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shtëpi shtëpi shtëpia shtëpitë
accusative shtëpinë
dative shtëpie shtëpive shtëpisë shtëpive
ablative shtëpish

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtëpi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 438
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