gjithë
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From dialectal gjidhë, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *semdza, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *sem-ǵʰo- (compare Old Armenian եզ (ez), Latin singulus), from *sem- (which gave dialectal gji).
Pronunciation
Adjective
i gjithë (feminine e gjithë, masculine plural të gjithë, feminine plural të gjitha)
- whole, entire
- Synonym: tërë
- all, all of, all the, the whole, the entire
- (regional) every
- Synonym: çdo
- (unarticulated, in the singular) just like + intimate kinship term
- Gjithë e ëma. ― Just like his/her/their mother.
- Gjithë i ati. ― Just like his/her/their father.
Usage notes
Prepositive (i.e., precedes the noun) and usually articulated, though many fixed expressions lack articulation.
Derived terms
Words derived from gjithë (det.)
Pronoun
të gjithë (feminine të gjitha)
- all, everybody
- Të gjithë s’i kam shokë. ― Not all (of them) are my friends.
- Elona flet më mirë nga të gjithë. ― Elona speaks the best of all.
- all, everything
- I bleu të gjitha. ― He bought everything / He bought them all.
Usage notes
Articulated and plural.