shesh

Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃeʃ/
  • Rhymes: -eʃ

Noun

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

Derived terms

  • i sheshmë
  • i sheshtë
  • përshesh
  • sheshas
  • sheshgropë
  • sheshinë
  • sheshit
  • sheshje
  • sheshnajë
  • sheshoj
  • sheshore
  • sheshpamje
  • sheshqitje
  • sheshtirë
  • sheshtoj

Adjective

shesh

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

Adverb

shesh

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

Verb

shesh (aorist shesha, participle sheshur)

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

References

  • “shesh,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 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
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