gjysh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sūša, from earlier *sūsa, from Proto-Indo-European *suHsos (compare Sanskrit सूषा (sūṣā́, “parturient woman”)), variant of *suHnús (compare English son). Compare also the related Romanian ghiuj.

Alternatively, from Proto-Albanian *źýśii̯a-, from older *sū́sii̯a-, from Proto-Indo-European *súHsii̯o- (“progenitor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟyʃ/

Noun

gjysh m (plural gjyshër or gjysha, definite gjyshi, definite plural gjyshërit or gjyshat)

1. grandfather
2. (colloquial) honorific term for an elderly man
3. (religion) head of a group of Bektashi congregations

Declension

Declension of gjysh

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gjysh	gjyshi	gjysha	gjyshat
accusative		gjyshin
dative	gjyshi	gjyshit	gjyshave	gjyshave
ablative			gjyshash

Derived terms

• babagjysh
• gjyshar
• gjyshatë
• gjyshe
• gjyshër
• gjyshstërgjysh
• stërgjysh
• tregjysh
• tregjyshe

Further reading

• “gjysh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006