bisht

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *būšta, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”) (compare English bush, Greek φύση (fýsi, “nature”), Armenian բույս (buys, “plant”)). Others, however, argue for a borrowing from a pre-Indo-European substratum, drawing parallels to Basque bustan and Romanian buștean.

Noun

bisht m (plural bishta)

1. (anatomy) tail
2. (orthography) cedilla

Declension

Declension of bisht

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	bisht	bishta	bishti	bishtat
accusative			bishtin
dative	bishti	bishtave	bishtit	bishtavet
ablative		bishtash

Declension of bisht

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	bisht	bishtra	bishti	bishtrat
accusative			bishtin
dative	bishti	bishtrave	bishtit	bishtravet
ablative		bishtrash

Derived terms

• (plants) bishtajë f, bishtdac m, bishtdungë f, bishtdhelpër f, bisht daci m, bisht gomari m, bisht miu m, bishtmi m, bishtadhizë f
• bishtalec m, bisht pëllumbi m, bisht kali m, bisht dhelpre, bisht gjeli m, bisht gjarpri m, (hardhucë f), bishtagan m (pilivesë f), bishtagyp m, bishtagjatë m, bishtagjel m, bishtdurde, bishtpërpjetë, bishtcakërr, bishtra-bishtra, bishtbardhë, bishtcub, bishtcubel, bishtcung, bishtçatall, bishtgërshërë, bishtdredhur

Related terms

• bimë, bij, mbij

Further reading

• “bisht”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980