shegë

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly from a Mediterranean substrate word reconstructible as *si(l)gʷā whence also Ancient Greek σίδη (sídē).[1] By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek κυσήγη (kusḗgē).[2]

Noun

shégë f (plural shégë, definite shéga)

  1. pomegranate (tree and fruit)

Declension
Declension of shegë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shegë shegë shega shegët
accusative shegën
dative shege shegëve shegës shegëvet
ablative shegësh

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “shegë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
  2. Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016), “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor‎, page 41

Further reading
  • “shegë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “shegë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Jungg, G. (1895), “sceegh”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 126
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1275: “la melagrana; il melograno” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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