gjalpë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *selpa,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *sélp-os, from *selp- (“fat, oil”) +‎ *-os.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɟaːlp]

Noun

gjalpë m (definite gjalpi)

  1. butter

Declension

Declension of gjalpë
singular
indefinite definite
nominative gjalpë gjalpi
accusative gjalpin
dat./abl. gjalpi gjalpit

Derived terms

  • gjalpanik
  • gjalpatore

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjalpë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 129: “PAlb *selpa”
  2. ^ Kölligan, Daniel (2017–2018) “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Proto-Indo-European, page 2243

Further reading

  • “gjalpë”, 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
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “gjalpë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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