gjej

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • gjêj (Gheg)
  • gjenj (South Tosk, Arbëreshë)
  • gjënj (South Tosk, Arbëreshë)

Etymology

From dialectal Tosk gjenj, from Old Albanian gjãnj (Bogdani), from Proto-Albanian *gadnja, from *gʰédnje/o, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (compare English get, Greek κτήση (ktísi, possession), Slovene gádati (to guess)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟɛj/, [ɟ͡ʑej]

Verb

gjej (aorist gjeta, participle gjetur)

  1. to find

Conjugation

Derived terms

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