gisht

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gjisht (Tosk), glisht (South Tosk, Arvanitic)
• plural: gishtëra, gishtërinj, gishtëna (Gheg), glishtëra (Arvanitic)

Etymology

From older and dialectal glisht, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *glista, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting”) (compare German Kiel (“quill”), Lithuanian gãlas (“end, tip”), Greek βελόνα (velóna, “needle”)).

Noun

gisht m (plural gishta, definite gishti, definite plural gishtat)

1. finger
2. (technical) pawl (for a ratchet wheel)
3. (colloquial) fingerwidth, small amount

Derived terms

• gisht i madh, gishte, gishtës, gishtëz