# lashtë
## Albanian
### Etymology

From (lashë (le(f)t behind) +‎ -të) Proto-Albanian *lauša. According to Jokl (& Slavia Praha) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; people”). A similar developement can be seen in Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“old”) (release → let grow → grow old). Related to Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (laus, “loosen, set free, empty”), further related to Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loose, release”). Feist, Frisk, Haarmann, Kluge, Liukkonen and Pokorny favour(ed) a relation to Lithuanian ìlgas (“long”).
According to Çabej a derivative of lag (“I wet, moisten”) and to Meyer a loan from Latin lassus (“faint, languid”)
Cf. Albanian lasht m (“ancient time”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laʃtə/

### Adverb

láshtë
* early, anciently, long ago, once (time; era in the past)
    Synonyms: lashë, dikur, herët, njëherë
    Antonyms: tani, tash, tashti, sot
* past, beyond, back then, at that time, in those days (further back of our time/era)
    Synonyms: kaluar, pranë, përpara

### Adjective

i lashtë (feminine plural të láshta)
* ancient, early, very distant (period, era, time)
    Synonyms: largët, hershëm, dikurshëm, moçëm
* ancient, old (history, languages, peoples, cities, proverbs, etc.)
    Synonyms: vjetër, plak, urtë
* antique, archaic, old (costume, tradition, etc.)
* (colloquial) leftover, odd, remaining (food, crops, seeds)
    Synonym: lashtash
    miell të lashtë ― leftover flour

### Noun

láshtë m (plural láshta, definite (i) láshtë, definite plural (të) láshta)
* overaged, old man; ancient person/figure, legend
    Synonyms: plak, kaluar, moçem
* (botany, agriculture, domestication) plant/breed/species growing/developing faster and/or producing/maturing earlier than others
    Synonym: hershëm
    Antonym: vonë

### Noun

láshtë f (plural láshta, definite láshta, definite plural láshtat / (të) láshta)
* (colloquial, in the singular) ancient time
    Synonym: lasht m
    Në lashtë... ― In ancient times...
* (in the plural) (early summer) harvest
    Plural meaning: harvest such as cereals and crops; which are sown in autumn and harvested during early summer.

### Derived terms

* lashtore f (“free/ready to sow field”)
** tëlashtore f
* lashtas (“early (age)”)
** lashtazi (“id”)
** lashtësi (“ancientness”)
* lashtak (“premature lamb”)
* lashtoj (“I develope earlier/prematurely”), lashtohem
** lashtuar (“prematured”)

### References

* ↑ Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, pages 226-228
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lashtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 214-215
* ↑ Sigmund Feist (1939) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der gotischen Sprache mit Einschluss des Krimgotischen und sonstiger zerstreuter überreste dez Gotischen (in German), 3 edition, Leiden: Brill, page 325
* ↑ Hjalmar Frisk (1973) Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, Band 2 (in German), Carl Winter, →ISBN, pages 149-150
* ↑ Harald Haarman (1972) Der lateinische Lehnwortschatz im Albanischen (in German), Helmut Buske, Hamburg (De), page 132
* ↑ Julius Pokorny (1959) Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch: I. Band, Volume 2 (in German), Francke, pages 681-682
* ↑ Çabej, Eqrem (1976) “lashtë”, in Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 308-309
* ↑ Meyer, G. (1891) “lashtë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 238

### Further reading

* adverb láshtë/lashtë • adjective (e/i) láshtë/lashtë • m. noun láshtë/lashtë • f. noun láshtë/lashtë • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)