gjini

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *genía (“generation, clan”), compare Sicilian jinìa, Italian genia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟiˈni/

Noun

gjini f (plural gjini, definite gjinia)

  1. tribe, clan, kin
    Synonyms: fis, farefis
  2. woman's relatives, woman's family
  3. (biology) genus
  4. gender, sex
    Synonym: seks
  5. (linguistics) gender
  6. (art) genre
  7. kind, sort
    Synonym: lloj

Declension

Declension of gjini
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjini gjinia gjini gjinitë
accusative gjininë
dative gjinie gjinisë gjinive gjinive
ablative gjinish

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “ǵirī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 141

Further reading

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