ngjesh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian * ̊gneś-, from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to compress”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic гнєсти (gnesti, “to press on”). Formed using the intensive prefix (a)n-.

Verb

ngjesh (aorist ngjesha, participle ngjeshur)

  1. to press on, compress, knead (dough)
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