lëndinë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • ledinë
  • lendinë

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *lędina (“untilled land”); compare Serbo-Croatian lèdina, Bulgarian леди́на (ledína).[1][2][3][4] Alternatively connected to lëndë, although seemingly unlikely, or perhaps directly from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləndiːn/

Noun

lëndínë f (plural lëndina, definite lëndina, definite plural lëndinat)

  1. untilled land
  2. meadow

Declension

Declension of lëndinë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lëndinë lëndina lëndina lëndinat
accusative lëndinën
dative lëndine lëndinës lëndinave lëndinave
ablative lëndinash

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 148
  2. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “ледина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 345
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëndinë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
  4. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “lëndinë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 882-883

Further reading

  • “lëndinë”, 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]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “lëndinë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3]
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