stërgjysh

Albanian

Etymology

From stër- (“great-”) +‎ gjysh (“grandfather”).

Noun

stërgjysh m (plural stërgjyshër / stërgjysha, definite stërgjyshi, female equivalent stërgjyshe)

1. great-grandfather
2. (in the plural) forefathers, ancestors
3. founder, father (of an idea, etc.)

Further reading

• “stërgjysh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980