kurriz

Albanian

Etymology

From *kurr and suffix -iz, from Proto-Albanian *kurna, from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)or(H)- (compare Latvian cęrs (“stump, knotty root”), Serbo-Croatian kȍrijen (“root”)). By analogy of a root (taproot) with the spine.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈriz/, [kʊˈriz]

Noun

kurriz m (plural kurrize, definite kurrizi, definite plural kurrizet)

  1. (anatomy) back; spine
    Synonym: shpinë
  2. something similar to a back, behind something
  3. (figurative) self
    Synonym: vetë

Declension
Declension of kurriz
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kurriz kurrize kurrizi kurrizet
accusative kurrizin
dative kurrizi kurrizeve kurrizit kurrizevet
ablative kurrizesh

References
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kurriz”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
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