gjellë

Albanian

Etymology

Singularized plural of gjallë (“alive”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɟɛɫ]

Noun

gjellë f (plural gjellë, definite gjella, definite plural gjellët)

  1. food
  2. life

Declension

Declension of gjellë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjellë gjella gjellë gjellët
accusative gjellën
dative gjelle gjellës gjellëve gjellëve
ablative gjellësh

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Aromanian: ghelã

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjellë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 131

Further reading

  • “gjellë”, 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) “gjellë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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