Ghegn.adj.

Brit.

/ɡɛɡ/, U.S.

/ɡɛɡ/

Forms: 1800s Gegde, Gheghe, Ghegide, Guegue, Guégue, Ngeghe, 1800s– Gheg, 1900s– Geg. Plural -s, unchanged.

Etymology: < Albanian gegë, of uncertain origin: perhaps related to Albanian regional (Gheg) gogë Vlach, idler, loafer; or perhaps imitative of indistinct speech as contrasted with shqipe the Albanian language (original sense perhaps ‘clear speech’: see Shqip n.).

A. n.

1. A member of an Albanian people living mainly in northern Albania, Kosovo, and western Macedonia.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Albania > [noun]

Gheg1812

Mirdite1820

Tosk1835

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II Notes 129 Though they have some cavalry amongst the Gegdes, I never saw a good Arnaout horseman.

1835 W. M. Leake Trav. N. Greece I. ii. 61 The only important divisions of the Albanians are four: the Ngé̱ghe̱, Tóshke̱, Liápe̱ and Tjame̱.

1851 E. Lear Jrnls. Landscape Painter in Albania 110 These Gheghes are all armed.

1879 E. St. J. Fairman tr. W. Effendi Truth on Albania & Albanians (1999) xii. 36 It has often been sought to insinuate into public opinion the belief that between the Guégues and the Tosques existed ab antiquo a certain discord.

1891 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1888–90 355 The Gheg or Central Albanian of Albania.

1958 P. 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.

1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest v. 78 A stocky, granite-faced, illiterate Gheg from Krujë in the Mati country.

1971 P. Driscoll White Lie Assignment ix. 73 My method has kept me safe for twenty years against stupid Ghegs like him.

2. The Albanian dialect spoken by this people. Cf. Tosk n. 1.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Albanian > Albanian languages

Tosk1908

Arvanitika1915

Gheg1954

1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 83 Gheg, one of the two predominant dialects of Albanian, spoken in northern Albania and parts of Dalmatia.

2008 R. Elsie & J. Mathie-Heck Lightning from Depths p. xxiii There have been attempts recently to revive literary Gheg.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the Ghegs or their dialect.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Albania > [adjective]

Gheg1849

Mirdite1867

Tosk1900

1849 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 46 308 The Mirdites are merely a branch of the Gheg tribe, and they speak the same dialect.

1851 E. Lear Jrnls. Landscape Painter in Albania 125 The Gheghe Albanians..are still allowed the privilege of carrying arms.

1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest v. 78 Gheg tribesmen from Kossovo and his own territory of Mati.

2007 G. Warrander & G. Knaus Kosovo 34 Most of the early Albanian literature was written by Catholic priests in Gheg dialect.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gheg
释义	Ghegn.adj. Brit. /ɡɛɡ/, U.S. /ɡɛɡ/ Forms: 1800s Gegde, Gheghe, Ghegide, Guegue, Guégue, Ngeghe, 1800s– Gheg, 1900s– Geg. Plural -s, unchanged. Etymology: < Albanian gegë, of uncertain origin: perhaps related to Albanian regional (Gheg) gogë Vlach, idler, loafer; or perhaps imitative of indistinct speech as contrasted with shqipe the Albanian language (original sense perhaps ‘clear speech’: see Shqip n.). A. n. 1. A member of an Albanian people living mainly in northern Albania, Kosovo, and western Macedonia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Albania > [noun] Gheg1812 Mirdite1820 Tosk1835 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II Notes 129 Though they have some cavalry amongst the Gegdes, I never saw a good Arnaout horseman. 1835 W. M. Leake Trav. N. Greece I. ii. 61 The only important divisions of the Albanians are four: the Ngé̱ghe̱, Tóshke̱, Liápe̱ and Tjame̱. 1851 E. Lear Jrnls. Landscape Painter in Albania 110 These Gheghes are all armed. 1879 E. St. J. Fairman tr. W. Effendi Truth on Albania & Albanians (1999) xii. 36 It has often been sought to insinuate into public opinion the belief that between the Guégues and the Tosques existed ab antiquo a certain discord. 1891 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1888–90 355 The Gheg or Central Albanian of Albania. 1958 P. 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. 1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest v. 78 A stocky, granite-faced, illiterate Gheg from Krujë in the Mati country. 1971 P. Driscoll White Lie Assignment ix. 73 My method has kept me safe for twenty years against stupid Ghegs like him. 2. The Albanian dialect spoken by this people. Cf. Tosk n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Albanian > Albanian languages Tosk1908 Arvanitika1915 Gheg1954 1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 83 Gheg, one of the two predominant dialects of Albanian, spoken in northern Albania and parts of Dalmatia. 2008 R. Elsie & J. Mathie-Heck Lightning from Depths p. xxiii There have been attempts recently to revive literary Gheg. B. adj. Of or relating to the Ghegs or their dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Albania > [adjective] Gheg1849 Mirdite1867 Tosk1900 1849 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 46 308 The Mirdites are merely a branch of the Gheg tribe, and they speak the same dialect. 1851 E. Lear Jrnls. Landscape Painter in Albania 125 The Gheghe Albanians..are still allowed the privilege of carrying arms. 1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest v. 78 Gheg tribesmen from Kossovo and his own territory of Mati. 2007 G. Warrander & G. Knaus Kosovo 34 Most of the early Albanian literature was written by Catholic priests in Gheg dialect. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1812
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