shpend

See also: Shpend

Albanian

Alternative forms

• shpes (m.), shpesë (f.), shpezë (f.), shpen

Etymology

From sh- +‎ pendë (“feather”). More at pendë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpɛnd/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: Shpend

Noun

shpend m (plural shpendë, definite shpendi, definite plural shpendët)

1. (sciences) bird
2. poultry, domestic fowl
3. (regional) gamebird, gamefowl

Declension

Declension of shpend

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	shpend	shpendi	shpendë	shpendët
accusative		shpendin
dative	shpendi	shpendit	shpendëve	shpendëve
ablative			shpendësh

Derived terms

• shpendari
• shpendël
• shpendër
• shpendi

Further reading

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