vigjëz

Albanian

Etymology

Collective form of *vigjë, a hypercorrect form of *viqë, borrowed from Latin vicia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviɟəz/
  • Rhymes: -iɟəz
  • Hyphenation: ví‧gjëz

Noun

vigjëz f (plural vígjëza, definite vígjëza, definite plural vígjëzat)

  1. vetch
    Synonyms: grashinë, grindë, dredhkëz, mollëz, modhullë, groshëz, urov, trozhdë, prashkullicë
    Near-synonym: trëndelinë

Declension

Declension of vigjëz
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vigjëz vigjëz vigjëza vigjëzat
accusative vigjëzën
dative vigjëze vigjëzës vigjëzave vigjëzave
ablative vigjëzash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vigjëz”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • vigjëz”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006