lëndë

See also: lende

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lentā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lenteh₂,[1] from a tentative root *lent-, or a wanderword. Compare Old High German linta (“linden”), Lithuanian lentà (“board”), Proto-Slavic *lǫtъ (“bast”). Possibly connected with lëndinë (“heath, pasture”).

Noun

lëndë f (plural lëndë, definite lënda, definite plural lëndët)

  1. (physics) matter, substance
  2. timber

Declension

Declension of lëndë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lëndë lënda lëndë lëndët
accusative lëndën
dative lënde lëndës lëndëve lëndëve
ablative lëndësh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*lentehₐ-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 161

Further reading

  • “lëndë”, 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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