djathë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dedi, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰh₁i (“milk”) (compare Old Prussian dadan, Sanskrit दधि (dádhi, “sour milk”)).

Noun

djathë m (plural djathëra, definite djathi, definite plural djathërat)

  1. cheese
    djathë i bardhë ― white cheese
    djathë baxhoje ― skim-milk cheese with holes
    djathë i marrë ― skim-milk cheese
    djathë i pamarrë ― whole-milk cheese
    djathë peshe ― hard cheese

Declension
Declension of djathë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative djathë djathëra djathi djathërat
accusative djathin
dative djathi djathërave djathit djathëravet
ablative djathërash

References
  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “caseus — diaξe”
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