Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From as- (no-) +‎ gjë (thing).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /asˈɟə/, [az-]
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): /asˈd͡ʒãː/, [azˈd͡ʒɑ̃ː], [-ɒ̃ː]

Pronoun

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asgjë

  1. nothing
    Synonyms: kurrgjë, mosgjë, askurrgjë
    • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, 2 Cor. 6.10, page 43r, lines 65–66:
      e por sih asћaa teh chisgnim, e ћiξe // caphsete tue ih ћeɛuom ende e stuom.
      [e porsi asgjā të kishnjim, e gjithë kafshëtë tue i gëzuom ëndë e shtuom.]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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  • May be found written as two words or with a hyphen in texts predating the standardisation.

Derived terms

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Noun

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asgjë f (plural asgjëja) (uncountable, literary)

  1. nothing, nothingness, void
    Synonyms: hiç, asgjësi

References

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  • “asgjë́”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 61a
  • “asgjë́,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 61a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “asgjâ”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 13a
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “ασγϳᾱ”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 10
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “asgâa”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2*
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “às-giââ”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 27a
  • Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian):