gjej

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dialectal Tosk gjenj, from Old Albanian gjãnj (Bogdani), from Proto-Albanian *gadnja, from *gʰédnje/o, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (compare English get, Greek κτήση (ktísi, “possession”), Slovene gádati (“to guess”)). First attested in Buzuku's work Meshari as E ju të më lypëni e të mos më vgjani (And you to search for me and not find me).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟɛj/, [ɟ͡ʑej]

Verb

gjej (aorist gjeta, participle gjetur)

  1. to find

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kolec, Topalli (2012) NGA VEPRA FJALOR ETIMOLOGJIK I GJUHËS SHQIPE IV (Studime Filologjike), volumes 3-4, Tirana: University of Tirana, →OCLC, page 47

Further reading

  • “gjej”, 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) “gjej”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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