arsim

Albanian

Etymology

Gerund of arsej (I teach, give knowledge), from arsye (reason), itself a borrowing from the accusative Latin ratiōnem of Latin ratiō.[1]

Noun

arsím m (plural arsime, definite arsimi, definite plural arsimet)

  1. education (process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment)
  2. (northwestern Gheg, Malësi e Madhe) sense, reason
    Synonym: arsye

Declension

Declension of arsim
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative arsim arsimi arsime arsimet
accusative arsimin
dative arsimi arsimit arsimeve arsimeve
ablative arsimesh
Verbal nouns in -im are grammatically masculine when singular and grammatically feminine in the plural.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “arsím”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 123

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • arsim”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “arsim”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]

Latvian

Verb

arsim

  1. inflection of art:
    1. first-person plural future indicative
    2. first-person plural imperative