dhen

Albanian

Alternative forms

• dhên, dhênd — Gheg
• dhën — Tosk

Etymology

Plurale tantum; from the Gheg variant dhênd, from Proto-Albanian *dzenti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”). Compare Latin gens, English kin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðɛn/

Noun

dhen f pl (definite plural dhentë)

1. small livestock, caprids (sheep, goats)
2. flock or herd of caprids

Declension

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Derived terms

• dhenar
• dhenor
• dhenrritës
• dhentë

Further reading

• “dhen”, 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]‎, 1980

Cornish

Noun

dhen

1. soft mutation of den