shtazë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Albanian shtanse, from *shtan + -zë, from Proto-Albanian *stana, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-nó-s (“standing”), participle of *steh₂- (“to stand”). Ultimately a doublet of stër-. Alternatively, from Dacian or paleo-balkan substrate, cognate to Romanian stână.[1]

Noun

shtazë f (plural shtazë, definite shtaza, definite plural shtazët)

  1. animal
    Synonym: kafshë

Declension
Declension of shtazë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shtazë shtazë shtaza shtazët
accusative shtazën
dative shtaze shtazëve shtazës shtazëvet
ablative shtazësh

Derived terms
  • shtazëri, shtazëroj, shtazëz, shtazor, shtazarak

References
  1. KatKatičić, R. Ancient Languages of the Balkans. 1975. p. 152
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