gisht
Albanian
Alternative forms
- gjisht (Tosk), glisht (South Tosk, Arvanitic)
- plural: gishtëra, gishtërinj, gishtëna (Gheg), glishtëra (Arvanitic)
Etymology
From older and dialectal glisht, from Proto-Albanian *glista, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- 'to sting' (compare German Kiel ‘quill’, Lithuanian gãlas ‘end, tip’, Greek βελόνα (velóna) ‘needle’).
Noun
gisht m (indefinite plural gishta, definite singular gishti, definite plural gishtat)
Derived terms
- gisht i madh, gishte, gishtës, gishtëz
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