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)
- education (process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment)
- (northwestern Gheg, Malësi e Madhe) sense, reason
- Synonym: arsye
Declension
| 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
- ^ 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
- inflection of art:
- first-person plural future indicative
- first-person plural imperative