"Zojs" meaning in All languages combined

See Zojs on Wiktionary

Proper name [Albanian]

IPA: /ˈzojs/
Rhymes: -ojs Etymology: First attested as Italian Loiz [1671], likely erroneously, and as Soisi [1688]. Considering how the village is on the shore of the Drin river, Gurakuqi (1940) connects it to zall, plural zaje (“river shore”), and compares it to Zajs, Zajz in Mirdita, also on the shore of a river, the Fand. Topalli (2017) considers it a derivation from zog (“chick, young bird”), comparing it to other toponyms Zogaj, Zogas and Zogjaj in northern Albania. Etymology templates: {{cog|it|Loiz}} Italian Loiz, {{defdate|1671}} [1671], {{defdate|1688}} [1688], {{R|sq|Gurakuqi:1940}} Gurakuqi (1940), {{R|sq|Topalli:2017|-}} Topalli (2017) Head templates: {{head|sq|proper noun|definite|Zojsi|g=m|head=|sort=}} Zojs m (definite Zojsi), {{sq-proper noun|m|Zojsi}} Zojs m (definite Zojsi) Inflection templates: {{sq-decl-noun-unc|Zojs|Zojsi|4=Zojsin|5=Zojsi|6=Zojsit}} Forms: Zojsi [definite], no-table-tags [table-tags], Zojs [indefinite, nominative, singular], Zojsi [definite, nominative, singular], Zojs [accusative, indefinite, singular], Zojsin [accusative, definite, singular], Zojsi [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], Zojsit [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], Zojz [alternative]
  1. a village in the municipality of Dajç, district of Lezhë, county of Lezhë Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Zojs-sq-name-xc54i0H6 Categories (other): Albanian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Villages

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
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    {
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    {
      "form": "Zojsin",
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    },
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          "english": "Zojz is a village in Zadrimë. […] There this Zojz has many trees. It is a small village, not very spread out, a village with twenty or thirty houses.",
          "ref": "1922, Maximilian Lambertz, Albanische Märchen (Schriften der Balkankommission), volume 12, Vienna: Alfred Hölder, column 143:",
          "text": "Zoizi ašt ńi katunn n Zadrim. […] Atü kü Zoizi ka pęm šum. Ašt ńi katunn i vogl, jo fort i hapt, me nizet a triδet špi katunn.",
          "translation": "Zojz is a village in Zadrimë. […] There this Zojz has many trees. It is a small village, not very spread out, a village with twenty or thirty houses.",
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈzojs/"
    },
    {
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          "ref": "1922, Maximilian Lambertz, Albanische Märchen (Schriften der Balkankommission), volume 12, Vienna: Alfred Hölder, column 143:",
          "text": "Zoizi ašt ńi katunn n Zadrim. […] Atü kü Zoizi ka pęm šum. Ašt ńi katunn i vogl, jo fort i hapt, me nizet a triδet špi katunn.",
          "translation": "Zojz is a village in Zadrimë. […] There this Zojz has many trees. It is a small village, not very spread out, a village with twenty or thirty houses.",
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