celinë

See also: celine

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Interchangeable with calinë. Çabej goes for a possible regional borrowing from Slavic, meaning "pure silver", due to the silver-plating process. See čeló, čelkó ("old silver coin") in Bulgarian.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sɛˈliːnə/

Noun

celínë f (plural celina, definite celina, definite plural celinat)

  1. blunderbuss, old gun with flared muzzle
    Synonyms: tapanxhë, pisqollë, kobure

Declension

Declension of celinë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative celinë celina celina celinat
accusative celinën
dative celine celinës celinave celinave
ablative celinash

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “calinë”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 7

Further reading

  • “celinë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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