fendë
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
By surface analysis, fend (“to fart silently”) + -ë, see there for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfendə/
- Rhymes: -endə
Noun
fendë f (plural fendë, definite fenda, definite plural fendët)
- silent fart
- Hypernym: pordhë
- (dialectal) pointless chatter, gossip
- Synonym: llaf
- (dialectal) The faint explosion of a firearm lacking the right amount of gunpowder.
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fendë | fenda | fendë | fendët |
| accusative | fendën | |||
| dative | fende | fendës | fendëve | fendëve |
| ablative | fendësh | |||
References
- “fénd/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980, page 460b
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “fënd […] -ë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 105a
- Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “φένdε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 459
- Meyer, G. (1891) “fend”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 101
- Rossi, F. (1875) “fènd”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 366ab