bijë

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Albanian

Etymology

From archaic and dialectal bilë, from Proto-Albanian *bir(i)lā, derivative of *bira. More at bir. Phonetically and semantically close to Messapic Messapic *bilia (“daughter”) and Messapic *biles (“son”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bijë f (plural bija, definite bija, definite plural bijat)

  1. daughter
  2. girl

Declension

Declension of bijë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bijë bija bija bijat
accusative bijën
dative bijeje bijës bijave bijave
ablative bijash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bijë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
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