fëng

Albanian

Alternative forms

• fang — Gheg

Etymology

Possibly Italian fango from borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fangus (“mud”). Jokl claims a borrowing from Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs, “paradise, *meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow”).

Noun

fëng m (plural fëngje, definite fëngu, definite plural fëngjet)

1. Chrysopogon gryllus
2. Synonym of fëngishtë

Declension

Declension of fëng

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fëng	fëngu	fëngje	fëngjet
accusative		fëngun
dative	fëngu	fëngut	fëngjeve	fëngjeve
ablative			fëngjesh

Further reading

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