gjini

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *genía (“generation, clan”), compare Sicilian jinìa, Italian genia.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟiˈni/

Noun

gjini f (plural gjini, definite gjinia)

  1. tribe, clan, kin
    Synonyms: fis, farefis
  2. woman's relatives, woman's family
  3. (biology) genus
  4. gender, sex
    Synonym: seks
  5. (linguistics) gender
  6. (art) genre
  7. kind, sort
    Synonym: lloj

Declension
Declension of gjini
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gjini gjini gjinia gjinitë
accusative gjininë
dative gjinie gjinive gjinisë gjinive
ablative gjinish

Derived terms

References
  1. Meyer, G. (1891) “ǵirī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 141

Further reading
  • “gjini”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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