asgjë
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom as- (“no-”) + gjë (“thing”).
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editasgjë
- nothing
- 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
edit- May be found written as two words or with a hyphen in texts predating the standardisation.
Derived terms
editNoun
editasgjë f (plural asgjëja) (uncountable, literary)
References
edit- “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):