vigan

Albanian

Etymology

A formation from vig, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to curve, bend; to exchange”). Compare Latin vinco (“I win, beat”), Lithuanian veikiù (“make work”), Old High German wig (“battle, struggle”), wigant (“cripple”), Old English wǣgan (“to torment, smite”). Less likely from viganj (“forge”), with sematic problems.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [viˈɡan]

Noun

vigan m (plural viganë, definite vigani, definite plural viganët)

1. a very big person, a giant
2. (figurative) leading light
3. (figurative) flagship
4. (mythology) giant

Declension

Declension of vigan

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vigan	vigani	viganë	viganët
accusative		viganin
dative	vigani	viganit	viganëve	viganëve
ablative			viganësh

Related terms

• vig

References

• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vigan”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 507