stërgjysh

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From stër- (“great-”) +‎ gjysh (“grandfather”).

Noun

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stërgjysh m (plural stërgjyshër／stërgjysha, definite stërgjyshi)

  1. great-grandfather
  2. (in the plural) forefathers, ancestors
  3. founder, father (of an idea, etc.)

Further reading

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  • “stërgjysh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • “stërgjysh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
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