qesh

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === (Northeastern Gheg) kesh === Etymology === First attested in 1555 by Buzuku as qesh, as is also seen in all Old Albanian authors, both Gheg and Tosk. From a Common Albanian *qeshë, from Proto-Albanian *kʲeśśi < *kéśśi (i-umlaut) < *káśśi, inherited from Pre-Proto-Albanian *kánśi < *kánsii̯i, from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥Hsei̯éti (“to be pleased, rejoice”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenH-. Although Tosk -q- and Gheg -k- often point to an Old -kl-, it is not always the case and Northeastern Gheg is known for depalatalization of -q- > -k-. If it were *klesh in Old Albanian, a Malsia variant of *kjesh would be needed, and kesh should be more common in Gheg. Similar developments are seen in qepë (“onion”), qep (“beak”), qese (“bag”), qit (“to put, pull out”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /cɛʃ/ (Tosk) IPA(key): /tɕɛʃ/ (Gheg) === Verb === qesh (aorist qesha, participle qeshur) (intransitive) to laugh ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 “qesh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 Newmark, Leonard (1999), “qesh”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press