shëndet

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *sanitātis (nominative singular), from Latin sānitās (health).[3] Compare Romanian sănătate.

Pronunciation

Noun

shëndet m (definite shëndeti)

  1. health
  2. greeting
  3. toast

Declension

Derived terms

Interjection

shëndet

  1. bless you! (said when someone sneezes)

References

  1. ^ Google for "shnet" + "shqip"
  2. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 132, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  3. ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 211.