llërë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- llânë — Gheg
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *alanā, compare Latin ulna (“forearm”), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē).[1] According to Huld, it's a borrowing from an ancient greek dialect from the Argead Kingdom labeled as Ancient Macedonian *ὠlénā (*ōlénā).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɫəɾə]
Noun
llërë f (plural llërë, definite llëra, definite plural llërët)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | llërë | llëra | llërë | llërët |
| accusative | llërën | |||
| dative | llëre | llërës | llërëve | llërëve |
| ablative | llërësh | |||
Holonyms
- krah, parakrah
Derived terms
- llërëbardhë
- llërëçeliktë
- llërëdjegur
- llërëjashtë
- llërëpërveshur
- llërëplotë
- llërëzbuluar
- llërëzhveshur
References
- ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 212
- ^ Huld, Martin E. (1986). "Accentual Stratification of Ancient Greek Loanwords in Albanian". Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung. 99 (2): 245–253
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “llërë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “llânë […] llërë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 255