gojë

See also: goje and ĝoje

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • golë
  • gjojë, gjëjë — middle Gheg
  • goglie — old Tosk

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Albanian *gougula (“mouth”), from *gau (“speak, emit a sound”) + *gula (“throat”), from *gʷl-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡojə/

Noun

gojë f (plural gojë, definite goja)

  1. mouth
    • 1483, Tommaso de Mezzo, Epirota (overall work in Latin), Venice, act 11, verse 803[1]:
      Dramburi te clofto goglie!
      [Trëmburë të qoftë, o gojë!]
      May your mouth tremble!

Declension

Declension of gojë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gojë goja gojë gojët
accusative gojën
dative goje gojës gojëve gojëve
ablative gojësh

References

  1. ^ Bardhyl Demiraj (2012) “La maledizione dell'epirota (1483)”, in Res Albanicae (in Italian), number 1, →ISSN, pages 133–143

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “gojë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “gojë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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