gjë

See also: gje

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gjâ (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sana, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts (active participle of *h₁es- (“to be”)) (compare Old English sōþ (“true”), Old Lithuanian santi, Ancient Greek ἐών (eṓn, “being”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟə/

Noun

gjë f (plural gjëra, definite gjëja, definite plural gjërat)

1. thing
2. item
3. cattle, livestock

Declension

Declension of gjë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gjë	gjëja	gjëra	gjërat
accusative		gjënë
dative	gjëjeje	gjësë	gjërave	gjërave
ablative			gjërash

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “gjë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “gjë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]