asgjë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• asgjâ — Gheg

Etymology

From as- (“no-”) +‎ gjë (“thing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈɟə/, [az-]
  • Rhymes: -ə
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): /asˈd͡ʒãː/, [azˈd͡ʒɑ̃ː], [-ɒ̃ː]

Pronoun

asgjë

1. nothing

   Synonyms: kurrgjë, mosgjë, askurrgjë

   • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, 2 Cor. 6.10, page 43r, lines 65–66:

     e por sih asћaa teh chisgnim, e ћiξe // caphsete tue ih ћeɛuom ende e stuom.

     [e porsi asgjā të kishnjim, e gjithë kafshëtë tue i gëzuom ëndë e shtuom.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• May be found written as two words or with a hyphen in texts predating the standardisation.

Derived terms

• asgjëmangut
• asgjësi
• asgjësoj
• asgjëshëm

 

Noun

asgjë f (plural asgjëja) (uncountable, literary)

1. nothing, nothingness, void

   Synonyms: hiç, asgjësi

References

• “asgjë́”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 61a
• “asgjë́,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 61a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “asgjâ”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 13a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “ασγϳᾱ”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 10
• Jungg, G. (1895) “asgâa”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2*
• Rossi, F. (1875) “às-giââ”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 27a
• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian):
  • page 66: “nihilum — asgiaa”
  • page 66: “nil — asgia”