| 释义 |
Gheg|gɛg|
Also Geg, Gegde, Gheghe, Ghegide, Ngeghe.
A people of Northern Albania; a member of this people; also, the language spoken by this people. Also attrib. and as adj.
1812Byron Ch. Har. 129 Though they have some cavalry amongst the Gegdes, I never saw a good Arnaout horseman. 1835W. M. Leake Trav. N. Greece I. ii. 61 The only important divisions of the Albanians are four: the Ngé̱ghe̱, Tóshke̱, Liápe̱ and Tjame̱. 1851E. Lear Jrnls. Landscape Painter in Albania 110 These Gheghes are all armed. Ibid. 125 The Gheghe Albanians..are still allowed the privilege of carrying arms. 1891Trans. Philol. Soc. 1888–90 355 the Gheg or Central Albanian of Albania. 1954Pei & Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 83 Gheg, one of the two predominant dialects of Albanian, spoken in northern Albania and parts of Dalmatia. 1958P. Kemp No Colours or Crest v. 77 The rivalry of Gheg and Tosk and the age-long hatred of both for their Slav and Greek neighbours. Ibid. 78 A stocky, granite-faced, illiterate Gheg from Krujë in the Mati country. Ibid., Gheg tribesmen from Kossovo and his own territory of Mati. 1971P. Driscoll White Lie Assignment ix. 73 My method has kept me safe for twenty years against stupid Ghegs like him. |