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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *nevoľa. For sense 4 compare Greek ανάγκη (anágki) and Italian bisogno.
Pronunciation
Noun
nevojë f (plural nevoja, definite nevoja, definite plural nevojat)
- need, necessity
- Synonym: mbëhi
- (in the singular) difficult situation, trouble
- Synonyms: hall, shtrëngesë
- (in the singular) poverty
- Synonym: varfëri
- (euphemistic) human or animal excrement
- Synonym: jashtëqitje
Derived terms
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “nevojε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 304
- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “nevojë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350), volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 172
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nevojë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “nevojë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 203–204
Further reading
- “nevojë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980