shpor

Albanian

Alternative forms

• shporë
• shpuer

Etymology

Either from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bear, lead across, penetrate”) (cf. shpoj and shporr), or a loanword from Gothic, through an unattested Vulgar Latin *spora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpoɾ/
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

shpor m (plural shpore, definite shpori, definite plural shporet)

1. (uncountable, anatomy) breastbone, keel, furcula

   Synonym: heqës

2. (uncountable) saddle

   Synonym: samar

3. spur

   Synonym: mamuz

4. (botany) nectary
5. furrow

   Synonym: hulli

6. ridge, mound, bed, plot

   Synonyms: vllajë, lehe

Declension

Declension of shpor

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	shpor	shpore	shpori	shporet
accusative			shporin
dative	shpori	shporeve	shporit	shporeve
ablative		shporesh

Derived terms

• shporëng
• shporëz
• shporis
• shporiz
• shporohem
• shporoj

 

Related terms

• shpoj
• shporr
• shpore

Further reading

• “shpor”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “shpor”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “shpor”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 493