Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vulgar Latin facia (face).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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faqe f (plural faqe, definite faqja)

  1. cheek
    Synonym: mollëz
  2. (colloquial) face
    Synonyms: fytyrë, çehre
  3. (geometry) face, side
    faqet e piramidësthe faces of the pyramid
  4. the front
    Synonym: parëse
    faqja e një ndërtesethe front of a building
  5. page (of a book)
  6. (colloquial) surface
    Synonym: sipërfaqe
  7. (figurative) appearance, looks
    Synonyms: pamje, fytyrë
  8. pillowcase or mattress protector
    Hypernym: këllëf
  9. (colloquial) year; lifetime; generation
    Synonym: brez
    faqe njeriu(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  10. (figurative, literary) epoch
    Synonym: epokë
  11. layer
    Synonym: shtresë
  12. sense of honour
    Synonyms: nder, cipë

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 223
  2. ^ Matzinger, Joachim (2017–2018) “Chapter XV: Albanian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Albanian, page 1792

Further reading

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  • “faqe”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980