lule

See also: Lule, lûlə, and lüle

Albanian

Etymology

Singularised plural of *lulë, from Proto-Albanian *lulā. For Orel, an ancient Balkan loanword from an oriental source.

From the substrate source responsible for Persian لاله, Latin līlia, Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), ultimately from Egyptian ḥrrt (flower).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlulɛ]

Noun

lule f (plural lule, definite lulja, definite plural lulet)

  1. flower

Declension

Declension of lule
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lule lulja lule lulet
accusative lulen
dative luleje lules luleve luleve
ablative lulesh

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: λουλούδι (louloúdi)[2]

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lule”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
  2. ^ lule - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • lule”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Spanish

Noun

lule m or f by sense (plural lules)

  1. Lule