Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from sessum (seated). Compare Romanian șes (plain).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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shesh m (plural sheshe)

  1. plain, field, flatland (usually uncoltivated)
    Synonyms: fushë, rrafsh
  2. square (of a town), plaza
  3. place designated for something, camp, field
    shesh verorsummer camp
    shesh sportivplaying field, sports field
    shesh betejashbattlefield
  4. ground, floor, soil
    Synonyms: truall, tokë, dhe
  5. plane; surface
    Synonyms: faqe; sipërfaqe

Declension

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Declension of shesh
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shesh sheshi sheshe sheshet
accusative sheshin
dative sheshi sheshit shesheve shesheve
ablative sheshesh

Derived terms

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Adjective

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shesh

  1. flat, level
    Synonyms: i sheshtë, i rrafshët

Adverb

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shesh

  1. seated, sitting
    Synonyms: ulur, ndenjur
    rri sheshto sit
  2. (figurative) calmly, relaxedly
    Synonyms: shtruar, këmbëkryq

Verb

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shesh (aorist shesha, participle sheshur)

  1. (transitive, dialectal) to level, flatten
    Synonym: sheshoj

References

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  • “shesh,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 1829f.
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shesh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shesh”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 472ab
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “šeš”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 402