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==Albanian==

===Etymology===
From ({{compound|sq|lashë|-të|tr1=le(f)t behind}}) {{inh|sq|sqj-pro|*lauša}}. According to Jokl (& Slavia Praha) from {{inh|sq|ine-pro|*h₁lewdʰ-||to grow; people}}.<ref>{{R:sq:SAEW|page=226-228}}</ref> A similar developement can be seen in Proto-Germanic {{m|gem-pro|*aldaz||old}} (''release → let grow → grow old'').<ref>{{R:sq:Orel|page=214-215}}</ref> Related to {{cog|got|𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃||loosen, set free, empty}}, further related to {{cog|grc|λύω||to loose, release}}.
Feist,<ref>{{cite-book |de |title=Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der gotischen Sprache mit Einschluss des Krimgotischen und sonstiger zerstreuter überreste dez Gotischen |author=Sigmund Feist |edition=3 |publisher=Leiden: Brill |year=1939 |page=325}}</ref> Frisk,<ref>{{cite-book |de |title=Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, Band 2 |author=Hjalmar Frisk |publisher=Carl Winter |year=1973 |isbn=3533006522 |page=149-150}}</ref> Haarmann,<ref>{{cite-book |de |title=Der lateinische Lehnwortschatz im Albanischen |author=Harald Haarman |publisher=Helmut Buske, Hamburg (De) |year=1972 |page=132}}</ref> Kluge, Liukkonen and Pokorny<ref>{{cite-book |de |author=Julius Pokorny| title=Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch: I. Band, Volume 2 |year=1959 |publisher=Francke |page=681-682}}</ref> favour(ed) a relation to {{cog|lt|ìlgas||long}}.

According to Çabej a derivative of {{m|sq|lag||I wet, moisten}}<ref>{{R:sq:Cabej2|page=308-309}}</ref> and to Meyer a loan from {{der|sq|la|lassus||faint, languid}}<ref>{{R:sq:Meyer|page=238}}</ref>

Cf. {{cog|sq|lasht||ancient time|g=m}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sq|/laʃtə/}}

===Adverb===
{{sq-adv|head=láshtë}}

# [[early]], [[anciently]], [[long]] [[ago]], [[once]] (time; era in the past)
#: {{syn|sq|lashë|dikur|herët|njëherë}}
#: {{ant|sq|tani|tash|tashti|sot}}
# [[past]], [[beyond]], [[back]] [[then]], [[at that time]], in [[those]] [[days]] {{i|further back of our time/era}}
#: {{syn|sq|kaluar|pranë|përpara}}

===Adjective===
{{sq-adj-2|láshta|head=láshtë}}

# [[ancient]], [[early]], very [[distant]] {{i|period, era, time}}
#: {{syn|sq|largët|hershëm|dikurshëm|moçëm}}
# [[ancient]], [[old]] {{i|history, languages, peoples, cities, proverbs, etc.}}
#: {{syn|sq|vjetër|plak|urtë}}
# [[antique]], [[archaic]], [[old]] {{i|costume, tradition, etc.}}
# {{lb|sq|colloquial}} [[leftover]], [[odd]], [[remaining]] {{i|food, crops, seeds}}
#: {{syn|sq|lashtash}}
#: {{uxi|sq|miell të '''lashtë'''|'''leftover''' flour}}

===Noun===
{{sq-noun|m|láshta|(i) láshtë|(të) láshta|head=láshtë}}

# [[overaged]], [[old man]]; [[ancient]] [[person]]/[[figure]], [[legend]]
#: {{syn|sq|plak|kaluar|moçem}}
# {{lb|sq|botany|agriculture|domestication}} plant/breed/species growing/developing faster and/or producing/maturing earlier than others
#: {{syn|sq|hershëm}}
#: {{ant|sq|vonë}}

{{sq-noun|f|láshta|láshta|láshtat / (të) láshta|head=láshtë}}

# {{lb|sq|colloquial|in the singular}} [[ancient]] [[time]]
#: {{syn|sq|lasht|g=m}}
#: {{uxi|sq|Në '''lashtë'''...|In '''ancient times'''...}}
# {{lb|sq|in the plural}} ([[early]] [[summer]]) [[harvest]]
#: {{non-gloss|Plural meaning: harvest such as [[cereals]] and [[crops]]; which are sown in autumn and harvested during early summer.}}

===Derived terms===
* {{l|sq|lashtore||free/ready to sow field|g=f}}
** {{l|sq|tëlashtore|g=f}}
* {{l|sq|lashtas||early (age)}}
** {{l|sq|lashtazi||id}}
** {{l|sq|lashtësi||ancientness}}
* {{l|sq|lashtak||premature lamb}}
* {{l|sq|lashtoj||I develope earlier/prematurely}}, {{l|sq|lashtohem}}
** {{l|sq|lashtuar||prematured}}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* [https://fjalorthi.com/lasht%C3%AB] adverb '''láshtë/lashtë''' • adjective '''''(e/i)'' láshtë/lashtë''' • ''m.'' noun '''láshtë/lashtë''' • ''f.'' noun '''láshtë/lashtë''' • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)