lindje

Albanian

Etymology

From lind (“to bear, give birth to”) +‎ -je (gerund noun suffix), from lind dielli (“the sun rises”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlindje/, [ˈlindjɛ]

Noun

líndje f (plural lindje, definite lindja, definite plural lindjet)

1. birth

Declension

Declension of lindje

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lindje	lindja	lindje	lindjet
accusative		lindjen
dative	lindjeje	lindjes	lindjeve	lindjeve
ablative			lindjesh

Noun

lindje f (definite lindja)

1. east

   Alternative form: (abbreviation) L

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

veriperëndim	veri	verilindje
perëndim		lindje
jugperëndim	jug	juglindje

Further reading

• “lindje”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “lindje”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press