gushë

Albanian

Etymology

According to Orel, from Romanian gușă, from Vulgar Latin *gusia (compare Aromanian gushi, gushe, Italian gozzo (“gizzard”), Friulian gose, French gosier (“gullet”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuʃə/
• Rhymes: -ʃə
• Hyphenation: gú‧shë

Noun

gushë m (plural gusha, definite gusha, definite plural gushat)

1. throat (usually outer throat)
2. anterior or upper neck
3. craw, crop
4. (medicine) goitre

   Synonym: strumë

5. (military) cartridge, cylinder, lower arched part of something

   gusha e revoles ― cylinder of a revolver

Declension

Declension of gushë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gushë	gusha	gusha	gushat
accusative		gushën
dative	gushe	gushës	gushave	gushave
ablative			gushash

Derived terms

• gushem
• gushëbardhë
• gushëdalë
• gushëfryrë
• gushëkuq
• gushëlëshuar
• gushëmadh
• gushëmermer
• gushëpëllumbi
• gushëspec
• gushëshpuar
• gushëvarur
• gushëverdhë
• gushëz

 

Further reading

• “gushë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “gushë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “gushë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 139