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Albanian
Etymology
From stër- (“great-”) + gjysh (“grandfather”).
Noun
stërgjysh m (plural stërgjyshër / stërgjysha, definite stërgjyshi)
- great-grandfather
- (in the plural) forefathers, ancestors
- 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