ligj

Albanian

Etymology

Singularized plural of earlier *leg, *lig. Either borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin lēx, lēgem (“law”) (compare Romanian lege), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, to speak”), or from the same root of Lithuanian lygùs (“equal”) and Old Prussian līgan (“court”), as substantiated by ligje (“mourning, dirge”).

Noun

ligj m (plural ligje, definite ligji, definite plural ligjet)

  1. law
  2. statute

Declension
Declension of ligj
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative ligj ligje ligji ligjet
accusative ligjin
dative ligji ligjeve ligjit ligjevet
ablative ligjesh

Derived terms
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