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Albanian
Alternative forms
- ô, ôsht — central Gheg, southern Gheg
- o, osht — northeastern Gheg
- â, âsht — northeastern Gheg, northwestern Gheg
- ë, ësht, ësht', eshtë, esht — Tosk
- ishtë — Arbëresh
- ishte — Cham
- isht, έ̰σ̈τε̰ (është), ε̱σ̈τε̱ (është) — Arvanitika
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“to be”), from *h₁es-.
Pronunciation
Verb
është (standard, Tosk, Cham, Arbëresh)
- third-person singular present indicative of jam
Derived terms
References
- ^ "Albanisches Bauerleben im oberen Rekatal bei Dibra (Makedonien)" (german, "Albanian Peasant Life in the Upper Reka Valley near Dibra (Macedonia)") - Bajazid Elmaz Doda, 2007, Vienna (Austria), Page: 192
- ^ Jungg, G. (1895) Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 1