njeh

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • njef

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *nemska, from Proto-Indo-European *nem (to divide, to take, to arrange, to count). Cognate to Greek νέμω (némo, to divide), Gothic niman (to take), Latin numerus (member, element, number), nummus (coin, money).[1] More and more replaced by the loanword numëroj.

Verb

njeh (aorist njeha, participle njehur)

  1. (transitive) to count, consider
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From earlier *ɲœx, from Early Proto-Albanian *ɲɔxit, from an intermediate stage *ȷ́nākʰet, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti.[2]

Verb

njeh

  1. third-person singular present indicative of njoh

Etymology 3

From the verb njeh (to count).

Noun

njeh (definite njehu)

  1. (rare) number
    Synonym: numër

Derived terms

Nouns
  • njehje
  • njehshmëri
  • panjehshmëri
Adjectives
  • njehshëm
  • njehur
  • panjehshëm
  • panjehur
Verbs
  • njehem

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “njeh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 304
  2. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 243

Further reading

  • Elezi, Mehmet (2006) “njeh”, in Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe : rreth 41000 fjalë që nuk gjinden në FGJSSH, me shtjellime etimologjike (in Albanian), Tirana: Enti Botues "Gjergj Fishta", page 1020