# hije
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* hie
* he, hje — Tosk, Arbëresh
* çē — Arvanitika

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sḱéh₃ih₂ ~ sḱyéh₂s (“shadow”), through a late variant *sḱiHeh₂ with laryngeal metathesis.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

hije f (plural hije)
* shadow (dark projection)
* shade (place with no light)
* darkness, murkiness, partial absence of light
    Synonyms: errësirë, gjysmerrësirë
    Antonym: dritë
* appearance, sight
    Synonyms: pamje, dukje
* blurred, unclear, faint view of something, e.g. in the dark or fog
* (figurative) secluded, hidden place
* (figurative) away from public attention
    në hije ― in the dark, away from the spotlight
* sight of a very ill person
    Ishte bërë hija e vetvetes.He was much weakened by illness.(literally, “He had become the shadow of himself.”)
* ghost, spectre, spirit; vision, apparition
    Synonym: xhind
* faint trace of something
    Synonyms: gjurmë, përjetim
* beauty, suitability, fitness (about speech, clothing, decoration, etc.)
    Synonyms: hijeshi, bukuri
    nuk i ka hije ― it doesn't suit her (literally, “it has no suitability on her”)
** 1873, Girolamo de Rada, Canti di Milosao, canto 1, page 14, lines 18–19:ruɔt pac scalancuur / δeut yyn i chiin χee[rusht pak skallankur / dheut ën i kin hje]half-unripe grapes / decorated our field(literally, “[…] had beauty to our field”)
* (figurative) cloud of suspicion, distrust (clarification of this definition is needed)

#### Derived terms

* hijacak
* hijeç
* hijedashës
* hijedendur
* hijedritë
* hijegjerë
* hijekeq
* hijelehtë
* hijelutës
* hijemadh
* hijenon
* hijerëndë
* hijerinë
* hijerore
* hijesi
* hijesirë
* hijesoj
* hijeshoj
* hijetar
* hijetore
* hijevrenjtur
* hijezon
* hijëz
* hijos
* hijshëm

### References

* ↑ Meyer, G. (1891) “hē”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 149f.
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “sk̂āi-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 917f.
* ↑ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 201
* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “scaevus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 541f.
* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκιά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1350f.

### Further reading

* “hije”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 679f.
* Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hije”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 147

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈixe/ [ˈi.xe]
* Rhymes: -ixe
* Syllabification: hi‧je

### Noun

hije gender-neutral (plural hijes, feminine hija, feminine plural hijas, masculine hijo, masculine plural hijos)
* (gender-neutral, neologism) child (offspring)
** 1976 November 11, Álvaro García Meseguer, “Sexismo y lenguaje”, in Cambio16‎, archived from the original on 13 October 2007:Les progenitores podrán educar a sus hijes más fácilmente en forma no sexista.Parents will be able to educate their children more easily in a non-sexist way.
** 2018 June 13, Guillermo Alonso, “Sin miedo ni reglas: la generación de niños, niñas y niñes trans que cambiará el mundo”, in El País‎, Madrid, →ISSN:[…] los libros de texto son excluyentes, no reflejan la existencia de las personas trans, ni la de otras realidades minoritarias, nuestras hijas, hijes e hijos son invisibles en el sistema educativo”. […] textbooks are exclusive, they do not reflect the existence of trans people, nor that of other minority realities, our daughters, children and sons are invisible in the educational system”.
** 2020, Aurélia Blanc, Educar contra el machismo, Roca Editorial, →ISBN:En 2010, las francesas se encargaron del 71 por ciento de las tareas del hogar y del 65 por ciento de las labores relacionadas con les hijes.In 2010, French women did 71 percent of the housework and 65 percent of the work related to their children.