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 veror ― summer camp

   shesh sportiv ― playing field, sports field

   shesh betejash ― battlefield

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 shesh ― to 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^[1] (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 (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 402