gisht
Albanian
Alternative forms
- gjisht (Tosk), glisht (South Tosk, Arvanitic)
- plural: gishtëra, gishtërinj, gishtëna (Gheg), glishtëra (Arvanitic)
Etymology
From older and dialectal glisht, from Proto-Albanian *glista, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- 'to sting' (compare German Kiel ‘quill’, Lithuanian gãlas ‘end, tip’, Greek βελόνα (velóna) ‘needle’).
Noun
gisht m (indefinite plural gishta, definite singular gishti, definite plural gishtat)
- finger
- (technical) pawl (for a ratchet wheel)
- (colloquial) fingerwidth, small amount
Derived terms
- gisht i madh, gishte, gishtës, gishtëz