mëngjes

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mangjez, mngjes

Etymology

Compound of mën +‎ gjes. The former is either related to muaj (cf. gjithmonë) or Latin mane (“morning”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripern, to mature”).

Noun

mëngjes m (plural mëngjese, definite mëngjesi)

  1. morning
  2. breakfast

Declension

Declension of mëngjes
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mëngjes mëngjesi mëngjese mëngjeset
accusative mëngjesin
dative mëngjesi mëngjesit mëngjeseve mëngjeseve
ablative mëngjesesh

Further reading

  • “mëngjes”, 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) “mëngjes”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
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