Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian * ̊gneś-, from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (to compress). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic гнєсти (gnesti, to press on). Formed using the intensive prefix (a)n-.

Verb edit

ngjesh (aorist ngjesha, participle ngjeshur)

  1. to press on, compress, knead (dough)

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