bulçi

Albanian

Etymology

Suffixed form of *bulë, from Proto-Albanian *bulā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-. Compare Irish bolg (“bubble; sack, bag, belly, husk, trouser”), Old Norse bolginn (“swollen”), bylgja (“wave”).

Noun

bulçi f

  1. cheek, soft part of the face

Declension

Declension of bulçi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bulçi bulçia bulçi bulçitë
accusative bulçinë
dative bulçie bulçisë bulçive bulçive
ablative bulçish

Further reading

  • “bulçi”, 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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