llixhë

See also: llixhe

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • lëzhë

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ایلیجه (ılıca, “spa, thermae”) (see also Turkish ılık).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): /ˈɫid͡ʒə/
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): /ˈɫid͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -id͡ʒə
  • Hyphenation: llí‧xhë

Noun

llixhë f (plural llixha, definite llixha, definite plural llixhat)

  1. thermal spa, hot spring

Declension

Declension of llixhë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative llixhë llixha llixha llixhat
accusative llixhën
dative llixhe llixhës llixhave llixhave
ablative llixhash

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “llixhë”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 284

Further reading

  • “llixhë”, 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) “llixhë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “llíxhë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 256
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