"gegë" meaning in Albanian

See gegë in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: * According to Vladimir Orel an onomatopoeia of babbling, indistinct speech as contrasted to shqipe. * According to Pokorny cognate to Ancient Greek (Attic) γίγας (gígas, “giant”), from the Homeric mythology (the giants of the Acroceraunian mountains), probably denoting originally war-like invading tribes descending from Epirus. Compare Arbëresh Albanian glatë (“tall, long”), Albanian gjatë (“tall, long”), Gheg Albanian gat (“tall, long”), Albanian gatë (“heron”) and Latin gigas (“giant”). Etymology templates: {{uder|sq|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{cog|aae|glatë||tall, long}} Arbëresh Albanian glatë (“tall, long”), {{cog|sq|gjatë||tall, long}} Albanian gjatë (“tall, long”), {{cog|aln|gat||tall, long}} Gheg Albanian gat (“tall, long”), {{cog|sq|gatë||heron}} Albanian gatë (“heron”), {{cog|la|gigas||giant}} Latin gigas (“giant”) Head templates: {{head|sq|noun|cat2=masculine nouns|g=m|head=|sort=}} gegë m, {{sq-noun|m|gegë|gega|gegët}} gegë m (plural gegë, definite gega, definite plural gegët) Inflection templates: {{sq-decl-noun|gegë|gegë|gega|gegët|gegë|gegë|gegën|gegët|gege|gegëve|gegës|gegëve|gegësh}} Forms: gegë [plural], gega [definite], gegët [definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gegë [indefinite, nominative, singular], gega [definite, nominative, singular], gegë [indefinite, nominative, plural], gegët [definite, nominative, plural], gegë [accusative, indefinite, singular], gegën [accusative, definite, singular], gegë [accusative, indefinite, plural], gegët [accusative, definite, plural], gege [dative, indefinite, singular], gegës [dative, definite, singular], gegëve [dative, indefinite, plural], gegëve [dative, definite, plural], gege [ablative, indefinite, singular], gegës [ablative, definite, singular], gegësh [ablative, indefinite, plural], gegëve [ablative, definite, plural]
  1. Gheg, northern Albanian Wikipedia link: Vladimir Orel Tags: masculine Related terms: gegërisht, gegnisht, gegënisht, Gegëria, Gegnia, Gegënia, glatë, gatë, gjatë
    Sense id: en-gegë-sq-noun-1SX1CBPi Categories (other): Albanian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ethnonyms

Inflected forms

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