nyç
Albanian
Alternative forms
- nejç
Etymology
Diminutive in -ç of nye ‘knot, gnarl’, variant of nyjë.[1] More at nyjë.
Adjective
nyç m (feminine nyçe)
- knotty, gnarly
- (figuratively) headstrong
- (medicine) nodose
Derived terms
- nejçë
- nejçore
Related terms
- nyell
- nyjë
References
- Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 303.