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)

finger
(technical) pawl (for a ratchet wheel)
(colloquial) fingerwidth, small amount

Derived terms

gisht i madh, gishte, gishtës, gishtëz

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