gabonjë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gabë, gabojë, shkabonjë

Etymology

From dialectal gabë +‎ -onjë (feminine), related to shkabë, with the same stem but different prefix. The source is Proto-Albanian *gabā, from Proto-Indo-European *kobuǵos (compare English hawk, Latin capys (“bird of prey”), Russian ко́бчик (kóbčik, “red-footed falcon”)).

Noun

gabonjë f (plural gabonja, definite gabonja, definite plural gabonjat)

1. griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)

   Synonyms: shkabë, gjyp, coftinar kokëbardhë, shqiponjë gjype, shqiponjë me kurriz

2. (archaic) eagle

   Synonyms: shkabë, shqipe, shqiponjë

3. (obsolete) hawk

Declension

Declension of gabonjë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	gabonjë	gabonja	gabonja	gabonjat
accusative			gabonjën
dative	gabonje	gabonjave	gabonjës	gabonjave
ablative		gabonjash

Further reading

• “gabonjë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “gabonjë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “gabojë, gabonjë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 120