zezë

See also: zeze

Albanian

Etymology

Feminine of zi. Reconstructed as Proto-Albanian *dᶻu̯édᶻā (“black”) < *j́u̯ídᶻā < Pre-Proto-Albanian *j́u̯ídi̯ā < *ǵu̯idʰ-i̯éh₂ < Balkan-Indo-European *ǵu̯ei̯dʰ-ih₂/*ǵu̯idʰ-i̯éh₂.

Adjective

zezë (feminine zezëe)

1. black

Noun

zezë

1. black

   zezë:  

Declension

Declension of zezë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zezë	zeza	zeza	zezat
accusative		zezën
dative	zeze	zezës	zezave	zezave
ablative			zezash

Antonyms

• bardhë

Related terms

• zi
• zymtë
• zift
• zili

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “zezë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “zezë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]