nyç

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • nejç

Etymology

Diminutive in -ç of nye ‘knot, gnarl’, variant of nyjë.[1] More at nyjë.

Adjective

nyç m (feminine nyçe)

  1. knotty, gnarly
  2. (figuratively) headstrong
  3. (medicine) nodose

Derived terms
  • nejçë
  • nejçore

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 303.
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