bosht

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bāsta, akin to Proto-Germanic *bōsta (cf. Old High German buost (“rope made of bast”)), *bastaz (“bast”)), Latin fascis.[1]

Noun

bosht m (plural boshte, definite boshti, definite plural boshtet)

  1. spindle, axis, axle

Declension
Declension of bosht
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative bosht boshte boshti boshtet
accusative boshtin
dative boshti boshteve boshtit boshtevet
ablative boshtesh

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bosht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 32-3
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