gisht

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gjisht (Tosk), glisht (South Tosk, Arvanitic)
• plural: gishtëra, gishtërinj, gishtëna (Gheg), glishtëra (Arvanitic)

Etymology

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

gisht m (plural gishta, definite gishti, definite plural gishtat)

1. finger
2. (technical) pawl (for a ratchet wheel)
3. (colloquial) fingerwidth, small amount

Declension

Declension of gisht

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gisht	gishti	gishta	gishtat
accusative		gishtin
dative	gishti	gishtit	gishtave	gishtave
ablative			gishtash

Derived terms

• gisht i madh, gishte, gishtës, gishtëz