gisht

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • gjisht (North Tosk, Southern Gheg), glisht (South Tosk, Arvanitic)
  • plural: gishtëra, gishtërinj, gishtëna (Gheg), gjishtna (Southern Gheg), glishtëra (Arvanitic)

Etymology

From older and dialectal glisht, from Proto-Albanian *glista, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting”) (compare German Kiel (“quill”), Lithuanian gãlas (“end, tip”), Greek βελόνα (velóna, “needle”)).

Noun

gisht m (plural gishta, definite gishti, definite plural gishtat)

  1. finger
  2. (technical) pawl (for a ratchet wheel)
  3. (colloquial) fingerwidth, small amount

Declension

Declension of gisht
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gisht gishti gishta gishtat
accusative gishtin
dative gishti gishtit gishtave gishtave
ablative gishtash

Derived terms

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