amzë

See also: amze

Albanian

Etymology

From amë (“source; mother; stub”) +‎ -zë. Sense 1 is likely a calque of Latin mātrīcula (“register”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈamzə/
  • Rhymes: -amzə

Noun

ámzë f (plural amza)

  2. register
    Synonym: regjistër
  3. synonym of amë in the following senses:
    1. spring, source
    2. parent of plants or animals
    3. stub (of a ticket, check, etc.)

Declension

Declension of amzë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative amzë amza amza amzat
accusative amzën
dative amze amzës amzave amzave
ablative amzash

References

  1. ^ Dashi, B. (2017) “I semicalchi strutturali e i calchi strutturali ibridi nella lingua albanese”, in Fabrizio Serra, editor, Linguistica e letteratura (in Italian), number 42, page 277 of 269–290

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 30a
  • “amzë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “amzë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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