# shqip
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* (Gheg) šḱĭp, šḱip
* (Gheg) shqyp, sccyp

### Etymology

According to Vladimir Orel, either a calque of Proto-Slavic *slověne (“Slavs”) using shqipoj (“to speak clearly”), or else from shqipe, shkype, dialectal forms of shkabë (“eagle”), according to a tribal totemic belief linked to the Albanian medieval flag. Replaced the now dialectal (Arbëresh, Arvanitika) arbër, αρbε̰ρ (arbër) ~ arbën.
The first trace of the name "Shqiptar" appears at the end of the XIV century in the town of Drisht (Drivastum) of Northern Albania as a family name (1368 - 1402: Schibudar, Schepuder, Schapudar, Scapuder).
Petar Skok suggested that this word is originated from Scupi (Shkupi), the capital of the Roman province of Dardania (today's Skopje). According to Petar Skok, the Albanian demonym Shkuptar (as in inhabitant of Skopje) changed to Shkiptar, which is still used among Arvanite Albanians in Greece, and later to Shqiptar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃcip/, /ʃc͡ɕip/ (Standard Albanian)
* IPA: /ʃcip/, /ʃc͡ɕip/ (Gheg, [c]~[c͡ɕ] may merge with [t͡ɕ]~[t͡ʃ] in northern Gheg dialects)
* Audio ([c]~[c͡ɕ] > [t͡ɕ]~[t͡ʃ]):(file)
* IPA: /ʃkʲip/ (archaic, preserved in Cham)

### Adjective

shqip (feminine shqipe)
* Albanian
    gjuha shqipe ― the Albanian language

#### Descendants

* Translingual: sq

### Adverb

shqip
* in the Albanian language
* clear, understandable, comprehensive, unequivocally
    Synonyms: qartë, kuptueshëm
    Ia tha shkurt e shqip. ― He said it short and clear.

#### Related terms

* shqipe f (“albanian”), shqipe f (“eagle”)
* shqipëllim m (“explainig”)
* shqipëlloj (“I explain”) (active voice)
* shqipëlluar (“explained”, participle)
* Shqipëri f (“Albania”)
* shqipërim m (“translating”)
* shqipëroj (“I translate”) (active voice)
* shqipëruar (“translated”, participle)
* shqipoj (“I say clear”) (active voice)
* shqiponjë f (“eagle”)
* shqiptar m (“albanian”), shqiptare f (“id”), Skipetár m (“id”) (Arvanitic)
* shqiptim m (“pronunciation”)
* shqiptohem (“I express myself”) (passive voice)
* shqiptoj (“I pronounce”) (active voice)
* shqiptuar (“pronounced”, participle)
* shqipuar (“clearly said”, participle)

### References

* ↑ ΔΙΑΤΑ Ε RĒ (Standard Albanian: Dhjata e Re ('The New Testament'), Konstantin Kristoforidi (Konstandin Kristoforidhi), 1872
* ↑ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 16, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shqip”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
* ↑ "ALBANCI". Enciklopedija Jugoslavije 2nd ed. Supplement. Zagreb: JLZ. 1984. p. 1.
* ↑ Shqiptar on Wikipedia
* ↑ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 547 (adjective shqíp (m.), shqípe (f.))
* ↑ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 547 (adverb shqip)
* ↑ William Martin-Leake (1814) Researches in Greece, John Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place, page 296 ( → see chapter “Romaico (greek) - Arvanetic (arvanitic) vocabulary”: Άλβανήτης, Άρβανήτης = Albanian = Skipetár)
* ↑ William Martin-Leake (2010) Reasearches in Greece, Cambridge University Press, New York, USA, →ISBN, page 296 ( → see chapter “Romaico (greek) - Arvanetic (arvanitic) vocabulary”: Άλβανήτης, Άρβανήτης = Albanian = Skipetár)

### Further reading

* adjective shqip (shqipe (f.)) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
* adverb shqip • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
* shqip • "Fjalë - Fjalor Shqip" ('Word - Albanian Dictionary')
* shqip • "Shkenca" ('Science')
* shqip • "Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme Shqipe - Shkenca" ('Dictionary of today's Albanian language - Science')