djathë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• djath, gjath — southwestern Gheg
• dith, ndith — Arvanitika

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dedi, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰh₁i (“milk”) (compare Old Prussian dadan, Sanskrit दधि (dádhi, “sour milk”)).

Noun

djathë m (plural djathëra, definite djathi, definite plural djathërat)

1. cheese

   djathë i bardhë ― white cheese

   djathë baxhoje ― skim-milk cheese with holes

   djathë i marrë ― skim-milk cheese

   djathë i pamarrë ― whole-milk cheese

   djathë peshe ― hard cheese

Declension

Declension of djathë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	djathë	djathi	djathëra	djathërat
accusative		djathin
dative	djathi	djathit	djathërave	djathërave
ablative			djathërash

References

• Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “caseus — diaξe”

Further reading

• “djathë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006