marrëdhënie

Albanian

Alternative forms

• marrëdhënje
• marrdhanje, mardhanje

Etymology

Compound gerund through marrë (“taken”) +‎ dhënë (“given”) +‎ -ie (variant of -je), via the sense of a relationship involving mutual taking and giving.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marəðəˈnie/

Noun

marrëdhënie f (plural marrëdhënie, definite marrëdhënia, definite plural marrëdhëniet)

1. intercourse
2. relationship

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “marrëdhënie”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “marrëdhënie”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press