gisht
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- gjisht (Tosk), glisht (South Tosk, Arvanitic)
- plural: gishtëra, gishtërinj, gishtëna (Gheg), glishtëra (Arvanitic)
Etymology edit
From older and dialectal glisht, from Proto-Albanian *glista, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting”) (compare German Kiel (“quill”), Lithuanian gãlas (“end, tip”), Greek βελόνα (velóna, “needle”)).
Noun edit
gisht m (plural gishta, definite gishti, definite plural gishtat)
- finger
- (technical) pawl (for a ratchet wheel)
- (colloquial) fingerwidth, small amount
Declension edit
Declension of gisht