ligj

Albanian

Etymology

Singularized plural of earlier *leg, *lig. Either from Latin lēx, lēgem (“law”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, to speak”), or from the same root of Lithuanian lygùs (“equal”) and Old Prussian līgan (“court”), as substantiated by ligje (“mourning, dirge”).

Noun

ligj m (plural ligje, definite ligji, definite plural ligjet)

1. law
2. statute

Declension

Declension of ligj

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	ligj	ligje	ligji	ligjet
accusative			ligjin
dative	ligji	ligjeve	ligjit	ligjevet
ablative		ligjesh

Derived terms

• ligje
• ligj i luftës
• ligjëratë
• ligjërim
• ligjëroj
• ligjërisht
• ligjërues
• ligjzbatues