djathë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• djath, gjath — southwestern Gheg
• dith, ndith, dith — Arvanitika

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dedi, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰh₁i (“milk”) (compare Old Prussian dadan, Sanskrit दधि (dádhi, “sour milk”)).

Noun

djathë m (plural djathëra, definite djathi, definite plural djathërat)

1. cheese

   djathë i bardhë ― white cheese

   djathë baxhoje ― skim-milk cheese with holes

   djathë i marrë ― skim-milk cheese

   djathë i pamarrë ― whole-milk cheese

   djathë peshe ― hard cheese

Declension

Declension of djathë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	djathë	djathëra	djathi	djathërat
accusative			djathin
dative	djathi	djathërave	djathit	djathëravet
ablative		djathërash

References

• Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “caseus — diaξe”