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Albanian
Etymology
Singularized plural of *shtat, from Latin stātus.[1] Per Matasović a borrowing from Italian stato.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
shtet m (plural shtete, definite shteti, definite plural shtetet)
- state
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtet”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 438.
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2024). A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for Students of Indo-European. Zagreb. Page 49
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language], 1980
- “shtet”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Newmark, L. (1999) “shtet”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary