ngij

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gleinja, related to Lithuanian gliejù, gliēti (“to smear”), Old High German klēnan (“id”).[1]

Verb

ngij (aorist ngiva, participle ngirë)

  1. (transitive) to sate, suckle

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000), A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 189

Further reading

  • “ngij”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
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