#79 FJALA E DITËS emri: shujt/ë -a -> ushqim, gjellë ushqimore që zakonisht hahet në një kohë të caktuar të ditës: "Shkolla siguron shujta të ngrohta për secilin nxënës gjatë drekës" English: meal, food edhe: shujtoj = to nurture, to feed i shujtuar = nurtured, fed

"Katallan - This giant cyclope with straight stump legs that eats people and can burn you with its stare". According to Elsie, the word Katallan has its origins in the Catalan Company's brutality in Asia Minor. After that event, the word "catalan" became synonymous with brutal.

The fight between Tomor and Shpirag ''With his scythe, Tomor lashed into Shpirag, inflicting upon him many wounds. Shpirag, for his part, pounded Tomor with his cudgel and left many wounds. The two giants ultimately slew one another and turned into mountains.''

🥳🎉200.2 FJALA E DITËS 🇦🇱✨🎉 emri: katranz/ë,-a English: tableau, painting 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

A massive tomb has been uncovered in eastern Albania. It contains funerary chambers, an antechamber, and a monumental staircase. The tomb is decorated with geometric stucco motifs and is dedicated to a “Gelliano” and Jupiter, in both Latin & Greek. It has been dated to the 3rd

#205.2 FJALA E DITËS 🇦🇱 emri: shqimëz,-a English: 1) fragment 2) piece of paper; page 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Short sentence from Old Albanian (Old Gheg): "(...) ti je aj qi klē e vjetëtë e tū kurajtë nukë vinjënë mē" - Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, 1555 ____ klē = qe kurajtë = kurrë vjen mē = mbaron, shuhet

#220.2 FJALA E DITËS 🇦🇱 emri: sanatadit/ë,-a English: equinox 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Mosaic depicting Orpheus found in Durrës c. 100-300 AD

English: “In the beginning of time” Old Albanian (Buzuku): “Ëndë e zanët të shekullit”

👻🎃#259.2 FJALA E DITËS 🎃🧌 emri: shkërbe,-ja (shkërba,-ja) English: 1) beast; bird of prey 2) monster 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

#277.2 FJALA E DITËS 🇦🇱 mbiemri: i dosidoshëm, e dosidoshme English: done in a careless way, sloppy; nothing special, mediocre 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

#285.2 FJALA E DITËS 🇦🇱 emri: ledhnaj/ë,-a English: fortification wall; city wall 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

#287.2 FJALA E DITËS 🇦🇱 mbiemri: i mosvarmë, e mosvarme English: independent, sovereign 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Other proverbs in Old Albanian (Old Gheg) by Frang Bardhi (1635): "Kush nukë ashtë mbsuem s'di me urdhënuem" "Molla nukë rëxohetë larg mollet" "Dēti, zjarmi e grueja, trī të këqija të mëdhā" "Ku gjā s'ashtë, gjā s'gjindetë"

One thing i find fascinating is the near complete collapse of forms of possessive adjectives in Albanian in the course of the past 450 years. For example: "your" (plural) in Old Albanian: yj tij taj sij tāj tive sijsh juoj sāj suoj tuoj tuoje suojsh today: juaj tuaj suaj tuaja