bolbë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic term derived from the otherwise unattested Proto-Slavic *bolьba, a derivative of *bolь (“pain”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔːlb/

Noun

bolbë f (plural bolba, definite bolba, definite plural bolbat)

  1. disaster, sorrow, calamity
    Synonym: kob
  2. quarrel
    Synonym: zënkë

Declension

Declension of bolbë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bolbë bolba bolba bolbat
accusative bolbën
dative bolbe bolbës bolbave bolbave
ablative bolbash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bolbë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 31

Further reading

  • “bolbë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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