lëvore

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel, flay”). Compare Latin liber (“bark”), Greek λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”).

Noun

lëvore f (plural lëvore, definite lëvorja, definite plural lëvoret)

  1. rind, peel, scale of fish
    Synonym: lëvozhgë

Declension

Declension of lëvore
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lëvore lëvorja lëvore lëvoret
accusative lëvorjan
dative lëvorja lëvorjat lëvoreve lëvoreve
ablative lëvoresh

Further reading

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