dallëndyshe

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • tallandyshe, dallandyshe, dëllëndyshe

Etymology

From dallënd +‎ -ysh. Compare këlysh. Seems to be related to the Illyrian word Ταυλάντιοι (Taulántioi). The name was also attested as "Daulantioi" (Δαυλαντιοι) by Nonnus of Panopolis in the 5th century CE, which might be closer to how the Taulanti said the name.[1]

Noun

dallëndyshe f (plural dallëndyshe, definite dallëndyshja, definite plural dallëndyshet)

  1. swallow (Hirundinidae)
  2. (textiles) castle: forked part of the loom from which the heddles are suspended
  3. wooden linchpin securing the stilt to the plowbeam
  4. (equine anatomy) frog of a horse’s hoof

Declension

Declension of dallëndyshe
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dallëndyshe dallëndyshja dallëndyshe dallëndyshet
accusative dallëndyshen
dative dallëndysheje dallëndyshes dallëndysheve dallëndysheve
ablative dallëndyshesh

Synonyms

  • (linchpin in plowbeam): rrogëz

Hyponyms

References

  1. ^ Panopolitanus, Nonnus (400s AD) The Dionysiaca, https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_yDjrpIwhJRAC/page/n1211/mode/2up?view=theater, page 1212