gishtërinjëve

Gishtërinjëve is an Albanian grammatical form, not a separate concept. It represents the oblique case form of the noun gishtërinj, which means “fingers.” Specifically, gishtërinjëve marks the genitive or dative plural, used to indicate possession or indirect connection with another element in a sentence.

The form derives from the basic word gishtërinj (the plural of gisht, “finger”). Albanian nouns in the plural oblique cases take endings such as -ëve to signal genitive or dative relationships, and gishtërinjëve illustrates this pattern for fingers. As a grammatical inflection, gishtërinjëve does not introduce new meaning by itself but shows how the noun relates to other elements in the clause.

In practice, gishtërinjëve appears in written Albanian texts when the sentence structure requires an oblique plural form of fingers, for example after prepositions or in possessive constructions. It is a normal part of Albanian morphology and is typically taught in grammar descriptions as an example of the genitive/dative plural ending. The corresponding nominative plural form is gishtërinj, while gishtërinjëve is used where an oblique case is required.