gisht

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From older and dialectal glisht, from Proto-Albanian *glista, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (to sting) (compare German Kiel (quill), Lithuanian gãlas (end, tip), Greek βελόνα (velóna, needle)).

Noun

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gisht m (plural gishta, definite gishti, definite plural gishtat)

  1. finger
  2. (technical) pawl (for a ratchet wheel)
  3. (colloquial) fingerwidth, small amount

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