shije

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sūadja, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- (“sweet”). Compare Latin suavis, Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús), Sanskrit स्वादु (svādu), English sweet. Attributed instead to a Low Latin *suāvilia by Orel.

Noun

shije f (plural shije, definite shija, definite plural shijet)

1. taste, flavour

Declension

Declension of shije

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	shije	shija	shije	shijet
accusative		shijen
dative	shijeje	shijes	shijeve	shijeve
ablative			shijesh

Derived terms

• shijoj
• shijshëm