vijosh

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • vjosë — dialectal

Etymology

From vijë (“stripe”) +‎ -osh, as the fish has stripes on its body.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viˈjoʃ/
  • Rhymes: -oʃ

Noun

vijosh m (plural vijoshë, definite vijoshi, definite plural vijoshët)

  1. thicklip grey mullet (Chelon labrosus)
    Synonym: buzoç
  2. (dialectal) alternative form of vioç

Declension

Declension of vijosh
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vijosh vijoshi vijoshë vijoshët
accusative vijoshin
dative vijoshi vijoshit vijoshëve vijoshëve
ablative vijoshësh

References

  • “vijósh,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 2167a
  • Lloshi, Xhevat (2010), “vijoshi”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 353ab
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “vjosë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 560b
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