arsye

Albanian

Etymology

From an earlier *rrësye, rendered as masculine arsye (definite singular arseu, indefinite plural arsenje) in Buzuku and feminine arrësye in Budi; from Latin ratiōnem (“reason”). Latin ō > Albanian e is regular in older borrowings, developing into -ye when followed by a syllabic consonant. The initial a- is prothetic.^[1]^[2] Alternatively, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *arratiōnis from the same Latin source.^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [aɾˈsy.ɛ]

Noun

arsye f (plural arsye, definite arsyeja, definite plural arsyet)

reason
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
  U lus ju të ecëni me arësye.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
rationality
reason (cause)

Synonyms

mend, shkak

Derived terms

arsyetoj, arsej, arsyeshëm, arsim, paarsyshëm

References

^ Topalli, K. (2017) “arsye”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 123
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “arsye”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 10
^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.

[1] Topalli, K. (2017) “arsye”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 123

[2] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “arsye”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 10

[3] Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.

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