gju

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • Gheg: gjû, (North Gheg)
    • definite singular: gjûni
    • indefinite plural: gjûj
  • glu (South Tosk, Arvanitic, Arbëreshë, Ukraine)

Etymology

From older dialectal glu, from Old Albanian glû (pl. glunj), from Proto-Albanian *gluna, with l/n dissimilation from earlier *g(a)nuna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare similar dissimilation in Old Irish glún from the same root.

Noun

gju m (indefinite plural gjunjë, definite singular gjuri, definite plural gjunjët)

  1. (anatomy) knee

Declension

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