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gjet 2nd & 3rd sg pres < gjas· • [ju/të] gjeta//kam gjetur (me dolli) "I found you with a toast" I challenge [you] to a competition of toasting (in order to honor someone) • Gjeti i çali të tatëpjetën. [Prov] "The lame person found the downhill slope." {} lucked out. • Gjeti hajduti thesin. [Prov Pej] "The thief found the sack." The devil has found his mate. • gjeti mendja mendjen "the mind found another mind just like it" they think just alike, birds of a feather flock together • I gjeti mushka drutë. [Pej] "The mule found the logs." : {} is just getting the punishment {} was asking for. gje't| stem for pdef, opt, adm, part < gje·n gje't|e nf stepchild (from the husband's previous marriage)