nevojë

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *nevoľa.[1][2][3][4] For sense 4 compare Greek ανάγκη (anágki) and Italian bisogno.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nevojë f (plural nevoja, definite nevoja, definite plural nevojat)

  1. need, necessity
    Synonym: mbëhi
  2. (in the singular) difficult situation, trouble
    Synonyms: hall, shtrëngesë
  3. (in the singular) poverty
    Synonym: varfëri
  5. (euphemistic) human or animal excrement
    Synonym: jashtëqitje

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “nevojε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 304
  2. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “nevojë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 172
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nevojë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
  4. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “nevojë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 203–204

Further reading[edit]

  • “nevojë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980
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