"shqipe" meaning in Albanian

See shqipe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Albanian *əśkʲípe, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *əśkʲípii̯ā, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs-kép-ii̯eh₂-, with a semantic change from "that which chops (with a beak)" to "eagle". Connected to qep (“beak”), kep (“to hew; peck”), and potentially to pjek (“to hit, touch”), all from the root Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to chop”) (compare Lithuanian kàpti, Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō)). Meyer's assumption of a borrowing from Latin accipiter is phonetically untenable (see qift). Orel's assumption from shkabë and a verb *shqipoj "to seize" must also be rejected, as shqipoj has only ever been attested meaning "to speak clearly". A borrowing from Proto-Celtic *sklubos (See Welsh ysglyf), which is metathesized from the better attested form *skublos, is also problematic because Proto-Albanian *-kl- is always retained in Old Albanian and often in dialects like Arbëresh and Arvanitika, but shqipe has never been attested containing -kl-. Etymology templates: {{inh|sq|sqj-pro|*əśkʲípe}} Proto-Albanian *əśkʲípe, {{inh|sq|ine-pro|*eǵʰs-kép-ii̯eh₂-}} Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs-kép-ii̯eh₂-, {{inh|sq|ine-pro|*(s)kep-||to chop}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to chop”), {{cog|lt|kàpti}} Lithuanian kàpti, {{cog|grc|κόπτω}} Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō), {{cog|cy|ysglyf}} Welsh ysglyf Head templates: {{head|sq|noun|cat2=feminine nouns|g=f|head=|sort=}} shqipe f, {{sq-noun|f|shqipe|shqipja|shqipet}} shqipe f (plural shqipe, definite shqipja, definite plural shqipet) Inflection templates: {{sq-decl-noun|shqipe|shqipe|shqipja|shqipet|shqipe|shqipe|shqipen|shqipet|shqipeje|shqipeve|shqipes|shqipeve|shqipesh}} Forms: shqipe [plural], shqipja [definite], shqipet [definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], shqipe [indefinite, nominative, singular], shqipja [definite, nominative, singular], shqipe [indefinite, nominative, plural], shqipet [definite, nominative, plural], shqipe [accusative, indefinite, singular], shqipen [accusative, definite, singular], shqipe [accusative, indefinite, plural], shqipet [accusative, definite, plural], shqipeje [dative, indefinite, singular], shqipes [dative, definite, singular], shqipeve [dative, indefinite, plural], shqipeve [dative, definite, plural], shqipeje [ablative, indefinite, singular], shqipes [ablative, definite, singular], shqipesh [ablative, indefinite, plural], shqipeve [ablative, definite, plural], shqype [alternative], shkype [alternative]
  1. eagle Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-shqipe-sq-noun-5ztI91C-
  2. (figurative) courageous woman Tags: feminine, figuratively Synonyms: trime
    Sense id: en-shqipe-sq-noun-bsQX~y4j Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 48 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: shqipe fushe (taxonomic: Circus cyaneus) (english: hen harrier), shqipe e zezë (taxonomic: Pandion haliaetus) (english: osprey) Derived forms: shqiponjë
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: shqipja [definite], shqype [alternative], shkype [alternative]
Etymology: From the Old Albanian verb shqipoj (“to speak clearly”), unrelated to the noun above meaning "eagle". A relation to eagles is a folk etymology. Head templates: {{head|sq|noun|cat2=feminine nouns|g=f|head=|sort=}} shqipe f, {{sq-noun|f||shqipja}} shqipe f (definite shqipja)
  1. Albanian language Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-shqipe-sq-noun-o8x63rB9 Categories (other): Albanian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Birds, Languages Disambiguation of Albanian entries with incorrect language header: 1 13 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 40 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 48 50 Disambiguation of Birds: 23 19 58 Disambiguation of Languages: 5 13 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "shqiponjë"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "sqj-pro",
        "3": "*əśkʲípe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Albanian *əśkʲípe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*eǵʰs-kép-ii̯eh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs-kép-ii̯eh₂-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)kep-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to chop"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to chop”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "kàpti"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian kàpti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κόπτω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ysglyf"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh ysglyf",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Albanian *əśkʲípe, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *əśkʲípii̯ā, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs-kép-ii̯eh₂-, with a semantic change from \"that which chops (with a beak)\" to \"eagle\". Connected to qep (“beak”), kep (“to hew; peck”), and potentially to pjek (“to hit, touch”), all from the root Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to chop”) (compare Lithuanian kàpti, Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō)).\nMeyer's assumption of a borrowing from Latin accipiter is phonetically untenable (see qift). Orel's assumption from shkabë and a verb *shqipoj \"to seize\" must also be rejected, as shqipoj has only ever been attested meaning \"to speak clearly\".\nA borrowing from Proto-Celtic *sklubos (See Welsh ysglyf), which is metathesized from the better attested form *skublos, is also problematic because Proto-Albanian *-kl- is always retained in Old Albanian and often in dialects like Arbëresh and Arvanitika, but shqipe has never been attested containing -kl-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shqipe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipja",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sq-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipeje",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipeve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipeve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipeje",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipesh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipeve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqype",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shkype",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "feminine nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "shqipe f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "shqipe",
        "3": "shqipja",
        "4": "shqipet"
      },
      "expansion": "shqipe f (plural shqipe, definite shqipja, definite plural shqipet)",
      "name": "sq-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hen harrier",
      "taxonomic": "Circus cyaneus",
      "word": "shqipe fushe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "osprey",
      "taxonomic": "Pandion haliaetus",
      "word": "shqipe e zezë"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "shqipe",
        "10": "shqipeve",
        "11": "shqipes",
        "12": "shqipeve",
        "13": "shqipesh",
        "2": "shqipe",
        "3": "shqipja",
        "4": "shqipet",
        "5": "shqipe",
        "6": "shqipe",
        "7": "shqipen",
        "8": "shqipet",
        "9": "shqipeje"
      },
      "name": "sq-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Albanian",
  "lang_code": "sq",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eagle"
      ],
      "id": "en-shqipe-sq-noun-5ztI91C-",
      "links": [
        [
          "eagle",
          "eagle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 48 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "courageous woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-shqipe-sq-noun-bsQX~y4j",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) courageous woman"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "trime"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sq:Gjuha shqipe"
  ],
  "word": "shqipe"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From the Old Albanian verb shqipoj (“to speak clearly”), unrelated to the noun above meaning \"eagle\". A relation to eagles is a folk etymology.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shqipja",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqype",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shkype",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "feminine nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "shqipe f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "",
        "3": "shqipja"
      },
      "expansion": "shqipe f (definite shqipja)",
      "name": "sq-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Albanian",
  "lang_code": "sq",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 13 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Albanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 40 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 48 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 19 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sq",
          "name": "Birds",
          "orig": "sq:Birds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 13 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sq",
          "name": "Languages",
          "orig": "sq:Languages",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Albanian language"
      ],
      "id": "en-shqipe-sq-noun-o8x63rB9",
      "links": [
        [
          "Albanian",
          "Albanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sq:Gjuha shqipe"
  ],
  "word": "shqipe"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Albanian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Albanian feminine nouns",
    "Albanian lemmas",
    "Albanian nouns",
    "Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian",
    "Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian",
    "Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "sq:Birds",
    "sq:Languages"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "shqiponjë"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "sqj-pro",
        "3": "*əśkʲípe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Albanian *əśkʲípe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*eǵʰs-kép-ii̯eh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs-kép-ii̯eh₂-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)kep-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to chop"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to chop”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "kàpti"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian kàpti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κόπτω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ysglyf"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh ysglyf",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Albanian *əśkʲípe, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *əśkʲípii̯ā, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs-kép-ii̯eh₂-, with a semantic change from \"that which chops (with a beak)\" to \"eagle\". Connected to qep (“beak”), kep (“to hew; peck”), and potentially to pjek (“to hit, touch”), all from the root Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to chop”) (compare Lithuanian kàpti, Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō)).\nMeyer's assumption of a borrowing from Latin accipiter is phonetically untenable (see qift). Orel's assumption from shkabë and a verb *shqipoj \"to seize\" must also be rejected, as shqipoj has only ever been attested meaning \"to speak clearly\".\nA borrowing from Proto-Celtic *sklubos (See Welsh ysglyf), which is metathesized from the better attested form *skublos, is also problematic because Proto-Albanian *-kl- is always retained in Old Albanian and often in dialects like Arbëresh and Arvanitika, but shqipe has never been attested containing -kl-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shqipe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipja",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sq-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipeje",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipeve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipeve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipeje",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipesh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqipeve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqype",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shkype",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "feminine nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "shqipe f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "shqipe",
        "3": "shqipja",
        "4": "shqipet"
      },
      "expansion": "shqipe f (plural shqipe, definite shqipja, definite plural shqipet)",
      "name": "sq-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "english": "hen harrier",
      "taxonomic": "Circus cyaneus",
      "word": "shqipe fushe"
    },
    {
      "english": "osprey",
      "taxonomic": "Pandion haliaetus",
      "word": "shqipe e zezë"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "shqipe",
        "10": "shqipeve",
        "11": "shqipes",
        "12": "shqipeve",
        "13": "shqipesh",
        "2": "shqipe",
        "3": "shqipja",
        "4": "shqipet",
        "5": "shqipe",
        "6": "shqipe",
        "7": "shqipen",
        "8": "shqipet",
        "9": "shqipeje"
      },
      "name": "sq-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Albanian",
  "lang_code": "sq",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eagle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eagle",
          "eagle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "courageous woman"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) courageous woman"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "trime"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sq:Gjuha shqipe"
  ],
  "word": "shqipe"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Albanian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Albanian feminine nouns",
    "Albanian lemmas",
    "Albanian nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "sq:Birds",
    "sq:Languages"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From the Old Albanian verb shqipoj (“to speak clearly”), unrelated to the noun above meaning \"eagle\". A relation to eagles is a folk etymology.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shqipja",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shqype",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shkype",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "feminine nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "shqipe f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "",
        "3": "shqipja"
      },
      "expansion": "shqipe f (definite shqipja)",
      "name": "sq-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Albanian",
  "lang_code": "sq",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Albanian language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Albanian",
          "Albanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sq:Gjuha shqipe"
  ],
  "word": "shqipe"
}

Download raw JSONL data for shqipe meaning in Albanian (6.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Albanian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.