gozhdë
Albanian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian gvozd (“nail”) and gvožđe (“iron”), Bulgarian гвоздей (gvozdej). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *gvozdь (“nail”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gozhdë f (plural gozhdë, definite gozhda, definite plural gozhdët)
- nail
- Synonym: cmak
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
- U në mos pāsha endë duor të tī vendnë e gozhdëvet.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figurative) angst
- Synonym: peng
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gozhdë | gozhda | gozhdë | gozhdët |
| accusative | gozhdën | |||
| dative | gozhde | gozhdës | gozhdëve | gozhdëve |
| ablative | gozhdësh | |||
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “gozhdë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 562
- ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “gozhdë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012), “gozhdë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe [Albanian-Serbian Linguistic Relations] (in Albanian), Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, →ISBN, page 145