gogë

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Albanian *gā̆gā̆-(ti-), from Proto-Indo-European *gheh₂-(gheh₂-) (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate to Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, “to yawn, gape”) and Lithuanian gagù (“to cackle”). An onomatopoeic root from gogës-, as a verbal basis for further Albanian verbal formations.[1] The adjective is occasionally used as a nickname for Aromanians in Albanian.

Noun

gogë f (indefinite plural gogë, definite singular goga, definite plural gogët)

  1. (nationalities) Aromanian;
  2. (Historical) Vlach, Romanian

Declension
Declension of gogë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gogë gogë gogja gogët
accusative gogën
dative gogëje gogëve gogës gogëve
ablative gogësh

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 179
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