gjollë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *śālā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (salt). Cognate to Latin sal (salt).

Noun

gjollë f

  1. salt (in animal's trough)
  2. clearing or pasture (where salt is strewn for sheep)

Declension

Declension of gjollë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjollë gjolla gjolla gjollat
accusative gjollën
dative gjolle gjollës gjollave gjollave
ablative gjollash

Further reading

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