qengj
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== Albanian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
qingj — Cham
qingjth — Tosk
qĩngj — southern Gheg
qîgj, kîgj, kingj — Gheg
=== Etymology ===
From qingj (Cham and southern Gheg dialect), from *(a)cíngla, from double metathesis of Vulgar Latin *agniculus (“lambkin”), diminutive of Latin agnus (“lamb”).
=== Noun ===
qengj m (plural qengja, definite qengji, definite plural qengjat)
lamb
Synonyms: rrunjë, bec
qengj i njomë ― lambkin
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “agnus — ching”
“qengj”, 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