ligj

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Singularized plural of earlier *leg, *lig. Either borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin lēx, lēgem (law) (compare Romanian lege), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (to collect, to speak), or from the same root of Lithuanian lygùs (equal) and Old Prussian līgan (court), as substantiated by ligje (mourning, dirge).

Noun[edit]

ligj m (plural ligje, definite ligji, definite plural ligjet)

  1. law
  2. statute

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