dishull

Albanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin disculus (“small disk”), alternatively derived from dyllë (“wax, sap”). Variants dyshkull, dushkull and ndryshkull result from folk etymologies relating to dushk (“oak”) or ndryshk (“rust”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiʃuɫ/
  • Rhymes: -iʃuɫ
  • Hyphenation: dí‧shull

Noun

dishull m (plural díshuj, definite díshulli, definite plural díshujt)

  1. (botany) mastic (Pistacia lentiscus)
    Synonyms: dushkull, xinë

Declension

Declension of dishull
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dishull dishulli dishuj dishujt
accusative dishullin
dative dishulli dishullit dishujve dishujve
ablative dishujsh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dishull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 66

Further reading

  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “dishull”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 76
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