dordolec

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • dozhdole, dozhdolec, dobërdolë, dobërdole, dobedole

Etymology

From Macedonian додола (dodola, “rainmaker”) + -ec; variants blended with дожд (dožd, “rain”) and добар (dobar, “good, kind”).[1][2]

Noun

dordolec m (plural dordolecë, definite dordoleci, definite plural dordolecët)

  1. scarecrow
  2. (ethnology) boy wearing fern and hellebore leaves and sprinkled with water in a ceremony to attract rain
  3. (figurative) laughing stock

Declension

Declension of dordolec
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dordolec dordoleci dordolecë dordolecët
accusative dordolecin
dative dordoleci dordolecit dordolecëve dordolecëve
ablative dordolecësh

Synonyms

  • (scarecrow): gogolesh, surrat, vovë
  • (boy in rainmaking ceremony): peperunë

References

  1. ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus UP, 1992), 214.
  2. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 65.

Further reading

  • “dordolec”, 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]‎[2], 1980
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