linjta

Albanian

Adjective

të linjta

1. feminine plural of i linjtë (“linen”)

Noun

të linjta f pl (definite të linjtat)

1. underpants

   Synonyms: mbathjet, brekët

2. underwear (clothes)

   Synonym: ndërresat

3. (archaic) linen clothes

Alternative forms

• të linta, të linda — dialectal
• të lina — Gheg, dialectal

References

• “línjta,~t”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1003a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “lint-e […] të -a”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 248a
• Weigand, Gustav (1914) “lint […] të -nta”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 48a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “(τε̯) λϳίντατε̯”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 209
• Jungg, G. (1895) “tlina”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 157b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “ľi-ri”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 245