Plant names in Albanian

Introduction

Albanian is an Indo-European language, but it is the only living language in its group.

References

• Boissin Henri, 1975. Grammaire de l'albanais moderne. Paris, chez l'auteur. 341 p.
• Demiri Mustafa, 1983. Flora ekskursioniste e shqiperise. [Excursion flora of Albania]. Tiranë, Shtëpia botuese e librit shkollor. 986 p.

Influence of the article

Albanese substantives follow a declension with two to three cases. We will present here only the nominative form of some names, at the singular and plural numbers. Forms vary greatly according to the termination of names, and there are many exceptions to rules. So the best here is only to give some examples.

The list below has basically been reproduced from Boissin, retaining only plant names. No word has been reconstructed.

Masculine names

	sg. non artic.	sg. artic.	pl. non artic.	pl. artic.
fig	fik	fiku	fiq	fiqtë
Platanus	rrap	rrapi / rrepe		rrapat / rrepet
beech	ah	ahu	ahe
maize (in the field)	kurtuk	kurtuku		kurtukët
Salix	shelg	shelgu	shelgja	shelgjtë / shelgjet
sage	krepël	krepli
wheat	grurë	gruri
olive	ullí	ulliri	ullinj	ullinjtë
quince	ftua	ftoi	ftonj	ftonjtë
runner bean	frashuell	frasholli
Sonchus	rrëshyell	rrëshyelli
squash	kungull	kungulli	kunguj	kungujt

Feminine names

	sg. non artic.	sg. artic.	pl. non artic.	pl. artic.
hazelnut	lajthi	lajthia
cherry	qershi	qershia		qershitë
apple	mollë	molla
walnut	arrë	arra		arrat
cabbage	lakër	lakra
oleander	landro	landroja