bajgë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • balgë, balëg, balëgë, bagël

Etymology

From archaic and dialectal balgë, balëgë, from Old Albanian baljëgë, from Proto-Albanian *balgā, from Proto-Indo-European *bolgʷ-. Compare Greek βολβός (volvós, “bulb”), Armenian բողկ (boġk, “radish”). Borrowed as Romanian baligă; metathetic bagël gave northern Italian bagola, bagula.

Noun

bajgë f (plural bajga, definite bajga, definite plural bajgat)

  1. dung

Declension

Declension of bajgë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bajgë bajga bajga bajgat
accusative bajgën
dative bajge bajgës bajgave bajgave
ablative bajgash

Further reading

  • “bajgë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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