xhuxhmaxhuxh

Albanian

FWOTD – 22 October 2023

Alternative forms

• xhuxh ma xhuxh, xhuxh-ma-xhuxh
• xhuxhimâxhuxh — Gheg, archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یأجوج و مأجوج (yeʼcuc ve meʼcuc, “Gog and Magog”), crossed with xhuxh (“dwarf”) and often reanalysed as literally meaning some sort of “dwarf more dwarf”, or “[even] shorter dwarf”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒud͡ʒmaˈd͡ʒud͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ud͡ʒ

Noun

xhuxhmaxhuxh m (plural xhuxhmaxhuxhë)

1. (folklore) dwarf, gnome

   Synonym: xhuxh

   • 2011, Janaq Pani, “Një xhuxhmaxhuxh”, in www.zemrashqiptare.net‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-09-07, lines 1–2:

     Një xhuxhmaxhuxh takoj një herë / që rrinte qetë nën një zambak […]

     I ran into a dwarf once, / who was sitting quitely under a lily […]

2. short-legged person, shorty, midget

   Synonyms: shkurtabiq, xhuxh

Declension

Declension of xhuxhmaxhuxh

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	xhuxhmaxhuxh	xhuxhmaxhuxhi	xhuxhmaxhuxhë	xhuxhmaxhuxhët
accusative		xhuxhmaxhuxhin
dative	xhuxhmaxhuxhi	xhuxhmaxhuxhit	xhuxhmaxhuxhëve	xhuxhmaxhuxhëve
ablative			xhuxhmaxhuxhësh

Adjective

xhuxhmaxhuxh (feminine xhuxhmaxhuxhe)

1. short, short-legged

   Synonyms: xhuxh, i shkurtër, shkurtabiq

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980, page 2202
• Jungg, G. (1895) “gugimâguug”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 186
• Topalli, K. (2017) “xhuxhmaxhuxh”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1606