gërfyell

Albanian

Etymology

Disputed:

  1. according to Orel, a dialectal word from Mirdita previously misinterpreted in meaning; it would have originally meant 'study, office room'. From Byzantine Greek γραφεῖον (grapheîon) (whence Modern Greek γραφείο (grafeío)),[1]
  2. according to Çabej, from the prefix gër- +‎ fej (plural of fyell).[2]
  3. according to Topalli, from fyell (“hollow”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəɾˈfyɛɫ/

Noun

gërfýell m (plural gërfej, definite gërfyelli, definite plural gërfejtë)

  1. cave with two entrances
  2. tunnel

Declension

Declension of gërfyell
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gërfyell gërfyelli gërfej gërfejtë
accusative gërfyellin
dative gërfyelli gërfyellit gërfejve gërfejve
ablative gërfejsh

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërfyell”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 114
  2. ^ Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume I, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 208
  3. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “gërfyell”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 539
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