arsye
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an earlier *rrësye, rendered as masculine arsye (definite singular arseu, indefinite plural arsenje) in Buzuku and feminine arrësye in Budi; from Latin ratiōnem (“reason”). Latin ō > Albanian e is regular in older borrowings, developing into -ye when followed by a syllabic consonant. The initial a- is prothetic.[1][2] Alternatively, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *arratiōnis from the same Latin source.[3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
arsye f (plural arsye, definite arsyeja, definite plural arsyet)
- reason
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
- U lus ju të ecëni me arësye.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- rationality
- reason (cause)
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References[edit]
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “arsye”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 123
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “arsye”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 10
- ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.