Gheg

noun

variants or Geg

ˈgeg

plural -s

1

: one of the northern Albanians compare tosk

2

or less commonly Ghegish

-egish

: the language of the Ghegs that constitutes the principal literary dialect of Albanian

Word History

Etymology

Albanian geg

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