gjë

See also: gje

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • gjâ (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sana, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts (active participle of *h₁es- (“to be”)) (compare Old English sōþ (“true”), Old Lithuanian santi, Ancient Greek ἐών (eṓn, “being”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟə/

Noun

gjë f (plural gjëra, definite gjëja, definite plural gjërat)

  1. thing
  2. item
  3. cattle, livestock

Declension

Declension of gjë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjë gjëja gjëra gjërat
accusative gjënë
dative gjëje gjësë gjërave gjërave
ablative gjërash

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “gjë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “gjë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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