zgjua

Albanian

Alternative forms

• zgjue, zgju — Gheg

Etymology

Possibly from Latin iānua (“door, entrance”), prefixed with z-. Alternatively related to gëloj (“to burst out”). Çabej analyses a possible older form of Proto-Albanian *glon-.

Noun

zgjua m (plural zgjoje, definite zgjoi, definite plural zgjojet)

1. beehive (box where bees live)

   Synonyms: koshere, qengjë, kurpi, krodhë, korube

2. all the bees that live in such box

Declension

Declension of zgjua

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zgjua	zgjoi	zgjoje	zgjojet
accusative		zgjoin
dative	zgjoi	zgjoit	zgjojeve	zgjojeve
ablative			zgjojesh

Further reading

• “zgjua”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980