finjë

See also: finje

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *spinā, semantically identical to Thracian [script needed] (pinos, “kind of stone which burns when water is poured on it”), possibly derived from it.[1]

Noun

finjë f (plural finja, definite finja, definite plural finjat)

  1. soap water, soapsuds, lye

Declension

Declension of finjë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative finjë finja finja finjat
accusative finjën
dative finje finjës finjave finjave
ablative finjash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “finjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 97

Further reading

  • “finjë”, 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
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “finjë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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