fyell

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pʰȫla, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *spōla, from Proto-Indo-European *spōlH-ó-, with a sematic change from "to split off, torn off" > "thin piece of wood, thin rod" > "flute". After PA *pʰȫla became *föł, the vowel -ö- before tautosyllabic *ł# was diphthongized to -ye-.[1]

Noun

fyell m (plural fyej, definite fyelli, definite plural fyejt)

  1. pipe, tobacco pipe
  2. flute, fife, shepherd's pipe
    Synonyms: flaut, flojere
  3. blowpipe (of bagpipes)
  4. (colloquial, anatomy) long articulated bone

Declension

Declension of fyell
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fyell fyelli fyej fyejt
accusative fyellin
dative fyelli fyellit fyejve fyejve
ablative fyejsh

Derived terms

Adjective

fyell (feminine fyelle) (colloquial)

  1. straight
    e ka trupin fyell ― he has a straight body
  2. (figurative) empty
    e ka mendjen fyell ― he has an empty head

Adverb

fyell (colloquial)

  1. a lot, lots, very (often with the adjective for straight)
    e kishte shtatin fyell të drejtë ― he has a very straight body

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “fyell”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

  • “fyell”, 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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