gisht

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • gjisht (Tosk), glisht (South Tosk, Arvanitic)
  • plural: gishtëra, gishtërinj, gishtëna (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
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gisht gishta gishti gishtat
accusative gishtin
dative gishti gishtave gishtit gishtavet
ablative gishtash

Derived terms
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