huaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

• huej, uej — Gheg
• huoj, uoj — Tosk
• goj — Arbëresh

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ksōn(w)ja. Akin to Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign”), which according to Beekes is Pre-Greek, although the existence of an Avestan cognate (Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬀𐬎 (xšnau)) questions this.

Noun

huaj m (plural huaj, definite huaji, definite plural huajt)

1. foreigner
2. alien

Declension

Declension of huaj

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	huaj	huaji	huaj	huajt
accusative		huajin
dative	huaji	huajit	huajve	huajve
ablative			huajsh

Adjective

i huaj (feminine plural të huaja)

1. foreign, alien
2. (nominalised) foreign country, abroad
   • 1873, Girolamo de Rada, Canti di Milosao, canto 1, pages 14, 16, lines 27–29:

     caa i gói / aghiena ndyr t'imme motὺra / chiɔi' arryyn […]

     [ka i goj / ahjena ndër time të motëra / kishi arrën […]]

     I had not long before returned to my sisters from foreign land

Verb

huaj

1. past of hua