fëng

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly Italian fango from borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fangus (“mud”).[1] Jokl claims a borrowing from Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs, “paradise, *meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow”).[1]

Noun

fëng m (plural fëngje, definite fëngu, definite plural fëngjet)

  1. Chrysopogon gryllus
  2. synonym of fëngishtë

Declension

Declension of fëng
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fëng fëngu fëngje fëngjet
accusative fëngun
dative fëngu fëngut fëngjeve fëngjeve
ablative fëngjesh

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fëng ~ fang”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 96

Further reading

  • “fëng”, 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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