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zgjua

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Latin iānua (“door, entrance”), prefixed with z-.[1] Alternatively related to gëloj (“to burst out”).

Noun edit

zgjua m (plural zgjoje, definite zgjoi, definite plural zgjojet)

  1. beehive (box where bees live)
  2. all the bees that live in such box

Declension edit

Declension of zgjua
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative zgjua zgjoje zgjoi zgjojetë
accusative zgjoin
dative zgjoi zgjojeve zgjoit zgjojevet
ablative zgjojesh

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zgjua ~ zgjue”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 524

Further reading edit

  • “zgjua”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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