gabonjë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • gabë, gabojë, shkabonjë

Etymology

From dialectal gabë +‎ -onjë (feminine), related to shkabë, with the same stem but different prefix. The source is Proto-Albanian *gabā, from Proto-Indo-European *kobuǵos (compare English hawk, Latin capys (“bird of prey”), Russian ко́бчик (kóbčik, “red-footed falcon”)).[1]

Noun

gabonjë f (plural gabonja, definite gabonja, definite plural gabonjat)

  1. griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)
    Synonyms: shkabë, gjyp, coftinar kokëbardhë, shqiponjë gjype, shqiponjë me kurriz
  2. (archaic) eagle
    Synonyms: shkabë, shqipe, shqiponjë
  3. (obsolete) hawk

Declension

Declension of gabonjë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gabonjë gabonja gabonja gabonjat
accusative gabonjën
dative gabonje gabonjës gabonjave gabonjave
ablative gabonjash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gabonjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 107

Further reading

  • “gabonjë”, 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
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gabojë, gabonjë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 120
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