dëllinjë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • dëllenjë, dëllënjë, dullinjë, dullenjë, dullî, gllî — Gheg

Etymology

According to Orel, from dialectal dëllënjë, from Proto-Albanian *daislanjā, from *daislā (“tendon, sinew”) (modern dell).[1] According to Çabej (corroborated by Demiraj), a derivative of dyllë (“wax, sap”) > *dyɫinjə with the -inj plural suffix.[2] According to Topalli, the root could have been inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”) with the same plural suffix.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəˈɫiːɲ/

Noun

dëllinjë f (plural dëllinja, definite dëllinja, definite plural dëllinjat)

  1. (botany) juniper (Juniperus communis)

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References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dëllinjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 63
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 132
  3. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “dëllinjë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 377-378
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