gjyshe

Albanian

Etymology

From gjysh +‎ -e (feminine noun suffix). From Proto-Albanian *źýśe(i̯)a-, from older *sū́sii̯a-, from Proto-Indo-European *súHsii̯o- (“progenitor”).[1][2]

Noun

gjyshe f (plural gjyshe, definite gjyshja, definite plural gjyshet)

  1. grandmother
  2. (colloquial) honorific term for an elderly woman

Declension

Declension of gjyshe
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjyshe gjyshja gjyshe gjyshet
accusative gjyshen
dative gjysheje gjyshes gjysheve gjysheve
ablative gjyshesh

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • stërgjyshe
  • tregjyshe

References

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan / Matzinger, Joachim (2013): Die Verben des Altalbanischen.
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “gjyshe”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
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