shpatë
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin spatha.[1] Cognate with Greek σπαθί (spathí), Italian spada, Romanian spadă, spată.
Noun[edit]
shpatë f (plural shpata, definite shpata, definite plural shpatat)
Declension[edit]
Declension of shpatë
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpatë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 428
Further reading[edit]
- Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 1: “acinaces — scpata”