AlbanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Tosk variant of Gheg mând, from Proto-Indo-European *men- ("to think"). Compare Latin mens, mentem ("mind"), Old English mynd (“mind”), Old High German gimunt (“mind, memory”), Danish minde (“memory”). A Latin borrowing, although possible, does not explain the Gheg form.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mendje f (indefinite plural mendje, definite singular mendja, definite plural mendjet)
DeclensionEdit
declension of mendje
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definite forms (trajta të shquara) |
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plural (numri shumës) |
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| nominative (emërore) |
mendje | mendj | mendjj | mendjt | |
| accusative (kallëzore) |
mendje | mendj | mendjen | mendjt | |
| genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) |
mendjeje | mendjve | mendjes | mendjve | |
| dative (dhanore) |
mendjeje | mendjve | mendjes | mendjve | |
| ablative (rrjedhore) |
mendjeje | mendjsh | mendjes | mendjve | |