gjej

Albanian

Alternative forms

gjêj (Gheg), gjenj (South Tosk, Arbëreshë), gjënj (South Tosk, Arbëreshë)

Etymology

From dialectal Tosk gjenj, from Old Albanian gjãnj (Bogdani), from Proto-Albanian *gadnja, from *gʰédnje/o, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (compare English get, Greek κτήση (ktísi, “possession”), Slovene gádati (“to guess”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɟɛj/, [ɟjɛj]

Verb

gjej (first-person singular past tense gjeta, participle gjetur)

I find

Derived terms

gjendje, gjetje

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