gozhdë
Albanian edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian gvozd (“nail”) and gvožđe (“iron”), Bulgarian гвоздей (gvozdej). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *gvozdь (“nail”).[1][2][3]
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Noun edit
gozhdë f (plural gozhda, definite gozhda, definite plural gozhdat)
- nail
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
- U në mos pāsha endë duor të tī vendnë e gozhdëvet.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figurative) angst
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References edit
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “gozhdë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 562
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gozhdë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “gozhdë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 145