gjej

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gjêj (Gheg)
• gjenj (South Tosk, Arbëreshë)
• gjënj (South Tosk, Arbëreshë)

Etymology

From dialectal Tosk gjenj, from Old Albanian gjãnj (Bogdani), from Proto-Albanian *gadnja, from *gʰédnje/o, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (compare English get, Greek κτήση (ktísi, “possession”), Slovene gádati (“to guess”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟɛj/, [ɟ͡ʑej]

Verb

gjej (aorist gjeta, participle gjetur)

1. to find

Conjugation

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Derived terms

• gjendje, gjetje

Further reading

• “gjej”, 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
• Newmark, L. (1999) “gjej”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]