Fjalorëve

Fjalorëve is the genitive and dative plural form of the Albanian noun fjalor, which means dictionary. In Albanian grammar, nouns are declined for number and case, and fjalorëve specifically marks a plural group in possessive (“of the dictionaries”) or indirect-object contexts (“to/for the dictionaries”). The nominative plural is fjalorë, while fjalorëve is used in constructions that require the genitive or dative plural.

Etymology and form: The base word fjalor is a masculine noun meaning dictionary. Like many Albanian nouns ending in -or, its plural nominative is -ë (fjalorë). The genitive/dative plural ending is -ëve, producing fjalorëve. This form appears in clauses that express possession, relation, or direction toward a group of dictionaries, depending on the prepositions and verbs in the sentence.

Usage: Fjalorëve is common in formal or written Albanian when referring to dictionaries as a group. It occurs in phrases such as fjalorëve të gjuhës shqipe (“the dictionaries of the Albanian language”) to indicate belonging, or në mbledhjen e fjalorëve të gjuhëve të ndryshme (“in the collection of dictionaries of different languages”) to indicate aggregation. The form is not a stand-alone dictionary, but a grammatical marker within noun phrases.

See also: fjalor, fjalorë

Note: As with other Albanian genitive/dative plurals, the exact preposition and article surrounding fjalorëve influence the overall syntactic role of the phrase.