shije

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sūadja, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- (“sweet”). Compare Latin suavis, Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús), Sanskrit स्वादु (svādu), English sweet. Attributed instead to a Low Latin *suāvilia by Orel.

Noun

shije f (plural shije, definite shija, definite plural shijet)

1. taste, flavour

Declension

Declension of shije

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	shije	shije	shija	shijet
accusative			shijen
dative	shije	shijeve	shijes	shijevet
ablative		shijesh

Derived terms

• shijoj
• shijshëm