djathë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• djath, gjath (Southwest Gheg), dithë (Arvanitic), (n)dith (Arvanitic)

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

Declension

Declension of djathë

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

Hyponyms

• djathë i bardhë (“sheep cheese”)
• djathë baxhoje (“skim-milk cheese with holes”)
• djathë i marrë (“skim-milk cheese”)
• djathë i pamarrë (“whole-milk cheese”)
• djathë peshe (“hard cheese”)