fëng

Albanian

Alternative forms

• fang — Gheg

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fangus (“mud”), whence Italian fango. Jokl claims a borrowing from Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs, “paradise, *meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow”).

Noun

fëng m (plural fëngje, definite fëngu, definite plural fëngjet)

1. Chrysopogon gryllus
2. Synonym of fëngishtë

Declension

Declension of fëng

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	fëng	fëngje	fëngu	fëngjet
accusative			fëngun
dative	fëngu	fëngjeve	fëngut	fëngjevet
ablative		fëngjesh

Further reading

• “fëng”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• “fëng”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980