mëlçi

See also: melci

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mbëlçi

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian milza or its variant, Italian milcia, with -ía suffix.[1]

Noun

mëlçi f (plural mëlçi, definite mëlçia, definite plural mëlçitë)

  1. (anatomy) liver
    Synonym: hepar
  2. innards

Declension

Declension of mëlçi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mëlçi mëlçia mëlçi mëlçitë
accusative mëlçinë
dative mëlçie mëlçisë mëlçive mëlçive
ablative mëlçish

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • mëlçi e bardhë (“lung”)
  • mëlçi e zezë (“liver”)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mëlçi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 259
  2. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 134, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder

Further reading

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