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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *sānitōsus (“healthy, sane”),[1][2] with adjectival -ë.
Pronunciation
Adjective
i shëndoshë
- healthy, sound
- Antonym: i sëmurë
- full-bodied, plump, beefy
- Synonyms: i ngjeshur, i bëshëm, i ngjallur
- sturdy, strong
- Synonym: i fortë
- (figurative) durable, stable, steadfast
- Synonyms: i qëndrueshëm, i palëkundshëm, i thellë
- (figurative) grounded, reasonable
- Synonyms: i drejtë, i arsyeshëm, i mbështetur, i bazuar, i fortë, i thellë
- (figurative) righteous, lawful, principled
- Synonym: i pastër
- made with great power, strong, powerful
- Synonym: i fortë
- një dackë e shëndoshë ― a powerful slap
- (colloquial) stable (of a currency)
Adverb
shëndoshë
- well, healthy, sound
- Antonym: sëmurë
- Jam shëndoshë. ― I am healthy.
- safely, unharmed
- U kthefsh shëndoshë! ― Come back safely!
Derived terms
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “šεndét”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 404
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shëndosh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
Further reading
- “shëndoshë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, pages 1833–1834
- Jungg, G. (1895) “scnnosc”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 132