fildishtë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • fildishët, fildiçtë, fëldishtë — dialectal

Etymology

From fildish (“ivory”) +‎ -të.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iʃtə

Adjective

i fildishtë

  1. ivory (made in ivory)
  2. (poetic) shining or ivory-coloured

References

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 470a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “fildish […] -ët”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 107a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “fiľ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 104f.
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