thinjë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *θīniā, remade after the class of fem. ā-stems, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyeh₁- (dark(-coloured), grey). Cognate to Old Church Slavonic синь (sinĭ, dark blue).[1]

Noun

thinjë f

  1. gray hair

Declension

Declension of thinjë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative thinjë thinja thinja thinjat
accusative thinjën
dative thinje thinjës thinjave thinjave
ablative thinjash

Derived terms

  • thinj
  • thinjem
  • përthinjem
  • thimë

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi

Further reading

  • thinjë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006