veshkë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Altered with v- from veshje of variant eshkë, from Proto-Albanian *aiškā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyd-sk-eh₂ (compare Old Church Slavonic исто (isto, “kidney”), Old Norse eista (“testicle”)), from *h₂eyd- (“to swell”), whence Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

veshkë f (plural veshka, definite veshka, definite plural veshkat)

  1. kidney

Declension

Declension of veshkë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative veshkë veshka veshka veshkat
accusative veshkën
dative veshke veshkës veshkave veshkave
ablative veshkash

Synonyms

  • (Gheg) rrâni

Derived terms

  • veshkor

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “eshke”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90

Further reading

  • “veshkë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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