gisht

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gjisht (Tosk), glisht (South Tosk, Arvanitic)
• plural: gishtëra, gishtërinj, gishtëna (Gheg), glishtëra (Arvanitic)

Etymology

From older and dialectal glisht, from Proto-Albanian *glista, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting”) (compare German Kiel (“quill”), Lithuanian gãlas (“end, tip”), Greek βελόνα (velóna, “needle”)).

Noun

gisht m (plural gishta, definite gishti, definite plural gishtat)

1. finger
2. (technical) pawl (for a ratchet wheel)
3. (colloquial) fingerwidth, small amount

Declension

Declension of gisht

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	gisht	gishta	gishti	gishtat
accusative			gishtin
dative	gishti	gishtave	gishtit	gishtavet
ablative		gishtash

Derived terms

• gisht i madh, gishte, gishtës, gishtëz