stërgjysh

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Albanian

Etymology

From stër- (great-) +‎ gjysh (grandfather).

Noun

stërgjysh m (plural stërgjyshër / stërgjysha, definite stërgjyshi)

  1. great-grandfather
  2. (in the plural) forefathers, ancestors
  3. founder, father (of an idea, etc.)

Further reading

  • stërgjysh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “stërgjysh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980