fjollë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *v-mel-neH2, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Compare English millet and various other cognates with various different meanings. Ultimately a doublet of bluaj, mjell, and miell.[1]

Noun

fjollë f (plural fjolla, definite fjolla, definite plural fjollat)

  1. snowflake
  2. fine snow
  3. skein of flax yarn

Declension

Declension of fjollë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fjollë fjolla fjolla fjollat
accusative fjollën
dative fjolle fjollës fjollave fjollave
ablative fjollash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fqollë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 102

Further reading

  • “fjollë”, 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]‎[1], 1980
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