gisht
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- gjisht (North Tosk, Southern Gheg), glisht (South Tosk, Arvanitic)
- plural: gishtëra, gishtërinj, gishtëna (Gheg), gjishtna (Southern Gheg), glishtëra (Arvanitic)
Etymology
[edit]From older and dialectal glisht, from Proto-Albanian *glista, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting”) (compare German Kiel (“quill”), Lithuanian gãlas (“end, tip”), Greek βελόνα (velóna, “needle”)).
Noun
[edit]gisht m (plural gishta, definite gishti, definite plural gishtat)
- finger
- (technical) pawl (for a ratchet wheel)
- (colloquial) fingerwidth, small amount
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gisht | gishti | gishta | gishtat |
| accusative | gishtin | |||
| dative | gishti | gishtit | gishtave | gishtave |
| ablative | gishtash | |||